Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-17
000130584
Contested design: 015087446-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered EU design No 0150874460001 is declared invalid; the holder bears costs fixed at EUR 720.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0150874460001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Song Kunvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Holder · RCD owner
Enshi MiLi E-commerce Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Enshi, Hubei, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Żuradzki
Prior art cited (1)
adhesive curtain rod holder
https://www.amazon.com; ASIN B0C3GN2MDB · Amazon · disclosed 2023-04-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested curtain rod holder lacked novelty and individual character in light of earlier disclosed designs, relying in particular on an Amazon listing.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as sufficient internet disclosure from 25 April 2023 under Article 7(1) EUDR.
- ›It found the designs produced the same overall impression on the informed user, with only immaterial differences despite at least average design freedom.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 720 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| 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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