Invalidity · first instance · 2026-02-04
000130342
Contested design: 008868301-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered EU design No 0088683010001 is declared invalid, and the holder bears costs fixed at EUR 720.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0088683010001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhen Heijialun Technology Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Rolf Klemm
Holder · RCD owner
Affargo Ltdvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
London, United Kingdom
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon.de offer for 'Blue Light Blocking Glasses' by Okany, black-frame pair
ASIN B08LMMQYYY · Amazon.de · disclosed 2020-11-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an Amazon.de disclosure of Okany 'Blue Light Blocking Glasses' first available on 23 November 2020.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations, evidence, or arguments against disclosure or distinct overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) and found the invoked black-frame glasses corresponded to the prior design relied on.
- ›It found no meaningful shape differences and held the lens-tint difference insufficient to alter overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| 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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