Invalidity · first instance · 2026-02-12
000130782
Contested design: 015088814-0007
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 720.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015088814-0007 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Margiela Société par actions simplifiéevia PDF extraction
France (FR)
Paris, France
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Cybrog PTE. LTD.via PDF extraction
SG
Singapore, Singapore
Prior art cited (1)
shoes
EU design No 015034116-0001 · Office designs bulletin · disclosed 2023-09-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier EU design No 015034116-0001 for shoes.
- ›The applicant relied on the earlier registered EU design published on 18/09/2023; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure through publication in the Office designs bulletin and assessed the case on individual character first.
- ›It found the boots produced the same overall impression despite minor material and curvature differences, so the design was declared invalid and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- 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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