Invalidity · first instance · 2026-01-15
000130601
Contested design: 015087693-0001
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 0150876930001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Junjie Linvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shantou City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Zhou Canbin
China (CN)
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
battery-operated handheld fan
CN 307963548 S · China National Intellectual Property Administration · disclosed 2023-04-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over an earlier Chinese design patent published before the contested design's filing date.
- ›The applicant argued the two handheld-fan designs created the same overall impression and that differences in charging-slot shape were immaterial.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the prior patent sufficiently disclosed, the designer's freedom at least average, and the differences too minor to alter overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested EU design was declared invalid in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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