Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-15
000128396
Contested design: 001787714-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 001787714-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Boombrush bvvia PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
Netherlands (NL)
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Philips Sonicare Easyclean electric toothbrush shown in a user manual extract
holder's webpage · disclosed 2009-11-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested electric toothbrush lacked novelty and individual character, relying in particular on Philips Sonicare Easyclean manual evidence dated 4 November 2009.
- ›The holder argued that the design remained new and distinctive, challenged D10 as insufficient disclosure, and said the applicant improperly combined features from multiple earlier designs.
- ›The Division accepted the bailiff-backed manual extract as a valid public disclosure under Article 7(1) EUDR and found the prior design sufficiently clear for comparison.
- ›The Division found at least average designer freedom for electric toothbrushes and held that the contested design created the same overall impression as D10.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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