Invalidity · first instance · 2026-02-12
000130812
Contested design: 015088814-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear EUR 720 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015088814-0004 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 (2)
Archived applicant website showing 'Stivaletti Tabi' half-boots.
https://www.maisonmargiela.com · WayBack Machine / maisonmargiela.com · disclosed 2022-12-22
Le Figaro and magazine excerpts showing Tabi half-boots.
Le Figaro / press coverage · disclosed 2023-04-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested split-toed half-boot lacked novelty and individual character because it reproduced the earlier Tabi boot design disclosed through the applicant's website and press coverage.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier Tabi half-boots and found that the visible toe split, upper, stitching, height, heel and closure features gave the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The design lacked individual character under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6 EUDR, so the application was upheld and the design invalidated in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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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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