Invalidity · first instance · 2026-01-23
000129301
Contested design: 015083348-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0150833480003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Dongguan Delifa Packaging Products Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China
Holder · RCD owner
Yu Bao
China (CN)
Ningde, Fujian, China
Represented by
André Guerreiro Rodrigues
Prior art cited (1)
lift door
CN 308299764 S · Chinese patent office · disclosed 2023-10-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested chicken coop door lacked novelty and individual character because it was almost identical to an earlier Chinese design patent.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Chinese patent publication as prior disclosure and found the designer's freedom at least average for this type of door.
- ›It held that the differences were minor and did not alter the overall impression on the informed user, so the design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
- 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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