Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-19
000130282
Contested design: 015022882-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 015022882 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
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1. La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità del disegno o modello dell'UE registrato n.- 015022882 è respinta. 2. Il richiedente sopporta l'onere delle spese del titolare, fissate a 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jiongfeng Linvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shenzhen City, provincia di Guangdong, Cina
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Xiaodong Shaovia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Jiuto City, provincia di Jiangxi, Cina
Represented by
Prior art cited (6)
clothes hooks
EU design registration No 015012585-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2023-03-10
textile hooks, namely hooks
UK design registration No 6252078 · UK Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2023-01-10
clothes hooks
German registered design No 402021203691-0001 · German Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-06-17
clothes hooks
UK design registration No 6218759 · UK Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-08-07
textile hangers, textile hooks
UK design registration No 6112662 · UK Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2021-03-04
hooks
UK design registration No 6263830 · UK Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2023-03-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested design lacked novelty because earlier designs D1 to D6 had already made the same or nearly identical clothes-hook design available to the public.
- ›The holder, although invited to comment on the invalidity application, filed no observations.
- ›The Division held that all cited designs had been validly disclosed before 26 May 2023 through EU, German, and UK design publications, satisfying Article 7(1) EUDR.
- ›It found visible differences in hook number, hook curvature, proportions, colour, and available views, so none of the earlier designs was identical within Article 5(2); the application was rejected and costs awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
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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