Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-12
000130421
Contested design: 008862106-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 720 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0088621060002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Renqiang Zhaovia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, China
Holder · RCD owner
Hangzhou Motuo Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Prior art cited (4)
Chinese design patent for a wall-mounted hat rack
CN 306736360 S (application No 202130050816.6) · China design patent publication · disclosed 2021-08-06
prior design marketed online
www.amazon.com · Amazon
prior design exhibited on an online portal
other portal
prior design exhibited on an online portal
other portal
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over Chinese design patent CN 306736360 S and also alleged lack of novelty based on online prior designs.
- ›The holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the Chinese design patent and found both wall-mounted hat rack designs shared the same overall impression despite minor differences.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) EUDR, so the RCD was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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