Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-15
000130088
Contested design: 015053122-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 320 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015053122-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 320.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €320
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Francisco Josevia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Fernan Nuñez, Spain
Holder · RCD owner
Mindful eCom OÜ
EE
Tallinn, Estonia
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon offer for a toilet brush
https://www.amazon.es; ASIN B0CHN2RMLL · Amazon.es · disclosed 2023-09-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested toilet brush design lacked novelty and individual character because the same design had been disclosed on Amazon before filing.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations, so the application was undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printouts as sufficient internet disclosure from 8 September 2023, predating the 10 March 2024 filing date.
- ›Comparing the designs, the Division found their overall appearance identical or overwhelmingly similar, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld in full, the design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
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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