Invalidity · first instance · 2026-01-30
000130705
Contested design: 015079357-0001
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 015079357-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
NPD Partnership Ltdvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Surrey, United Kingdom
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Yuanpu Technology Co., Ltd
China (CN)
Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Jesús Eladio Sánchez Silva
Prior art cited (1)
wheel/game board design used in the 'Pim Pam Pet The Battle' / 'Tapple' alphabet game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06PyvBCIr2Y · YouTubeNL / Jumbo Nederland B.V., corroborated by boardgamegeek.com and TÜV Rheinland materials
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicants argued that their earlier alphabet game wheel design had been publicly disclosed in 2012/2013 through sketches, market materials, YouTube screenshots, boardgamegeek.com, and a test certificate.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest the applicants' facts, evidence, or arguments.
- ›The Division found the annexes individually incomplete but, assessed together, sufficient to prove public disclosure of the earlier wheel design before the contested filing date.
- ›The contested design shared the prior design's essential shape and configuration; differences in colours, typefaces, and bottom views did not create a different overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character and had to be declared invalid under Article 25(1)(b) with Article 6 EUDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
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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