Invalidity · first instance · 2026-02-24
000128937
Contested design: 009074172-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear 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 009074172-0001 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
Gonge Creative Learning ApSvia PDF extraction
Denmark (DK)
Them, Denmark
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Liyou Industrial Co., Ltd
China (CN)
Wenzhou City, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
apparatus for physical exercise control
EU design registration No 002418848-0002 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2014-03-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier EU design registration No 002418848-0002.
- ›The holder argued the compared products and informed users differ and that the designs have clear visual differences, with many alleged similarities being functional or commonplace.
- ›The Division found the prior design had been disclosed, identified a broad degree of designer freedom, and assessed the informed user as a person familiar with baby toys and children's seats.
- ›It held that the contested fish-shaped seat created a different overall impression from the earlier round design, so the design had individual character and was not identical.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected, and the applicant was ordered to pay the holder's representation costs of EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberChiara BORACE
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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