Invalidity · first instance · 2026-02-03
000130128
Contested design: 009021397-0007
Outcome
The invalidity application is granted, the registered EU design No 009021397-0007 is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 720.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene EU-Geschmacksmuster Nr. 009021397-0007 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf EUR 720 festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Besonderes4Kids GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Dettingen an der Erms, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
joboo GmbH
Germany (DE)
Jungingen, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
older registered EU design cited against the contested design
004386324-0001 · EUIPO Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-10-05
another registered EU design cited by the applicant but not further assessed for reasons of procedural economy
newspaper article cited by the applicant but not further assessed for reasons of procedural economy
newspaper article cited by the applicant but not further assessed for reasons of procedural economy
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying primarily on earlier registered EU design D1 and additionally on another EU design and two newspaper articles.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations in the invalidity proceedings.
- ›The Invalidity Division held that D1 had been validly disclosed before 11 May 2022 and that the contested design created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld on Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6(1)(b); the Division did not need to examine novelty separately.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberThorsten ICKENROTH
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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