Invalidity · first instance · 2026-02-17
000128598
Contested design: 007326905-0006
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 007326905-0006 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Sannv Jiangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Zhaoqing City, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guangzhou Quemou Trading Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Guangzhou, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Prior art cited (1)
Power Adapter
https://archiwum.allegro.pl; code 7605205375 · Allegro website · disclosed 2019-08-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested battery adapter lacked novelty and individual character over an earlier Allegro web disclosure of a very similar power adapter.
- ›The holder said technical and industrial standards limited design freedom and that housing shape, rear segmentation, and proportions created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division found the Allegro offer sufficiently proved disclosure before 2 December 2019 and considered designer freedom only partially restricted overall.
- ›It held that the shared rectangular form, rounded edges, adapter layout, cable end, colour, and materials outweighed the minor central seam difference, so the design lacked individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
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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