Invalidity · first instance · 2026-02-12
000130813
Contested design: 015088814-0003
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 015088814-0003 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)
Ballerina-style shoe.
EU design No 015034116-0002 · Office designs bulletin · disclosed 2023-09-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested ballerina shoe lacked novelty and individual character in view of its earlier registered EU shoe design No 015034116-0002.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the application.
- ›The Division accepted the earlier EU design's publication as proof of disclosure and found that the split toe, uppers, stitching and overall shape produced the same overall impression despite minor colour and sole differences.
- ›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.
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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