Invalidity · first instance · 2026-02-11
000130781
Contested design: 015058163-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 015058163-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Puning Chiwei Electronic Technology Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Puning City, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Huiru Fang
China (CN)
Huicheng Town, Huilai County, Guangdong Province, China
Prior art cited (9)
Temu offer for a "7 IN 1 EU Cube Power Strip" plug adapter
Temu
Shein offer for a power strip
Shein
Plug adapter shown in screenshot with product information
disclosed 2024-04-04
Plug adapter shown in screenshot
disclosed 2020-09-10
Amazon.es offer for a Tessan plug adapter
Amazon.es · disclosed 2022-09-21
Amazon offer for a plug adapter
Amazon · disclosed 2023-11-22
Product screenshot from smart-electronics.es
smart-electronics.es · disclosed 2023-05-06
Product screenshot of a plug adapter
disclosed 2023-10-04
Product screenshot with product information
disclosed 2024-03-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on nine alleged prior plug-adapter disclosures from online marketplaces and web screenshots.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division held that none of the internet evidence sufficiently proved disclosure because the materials lacked complete source and date information in a single reliable item.
- ›Because disclosure under Article 7(1) EUDR was not established, the invalidity application under Article 25(1)(b) EUDR was rejected as unfounded.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| 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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