Invalidity · first instance · 2026-02-27
000128636
Contested design: 007326905-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 007326905-0002 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)
Adapters [electricity]
EU design No 001404453-0004 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2014-05-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on earlier EU design No 001404453-0004 disclosed before the contested filing date.
- ›The holder argued designer freedom was constrained by technical compatibility requirements and that differences in the plug, segmentation, alignment, and proportions created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division found the earlier EU design had been validly disclosed, that designer freedom was only partially restricted, and that the shared housing, plug placement, and cable configuration dominated the overall impression.
- ›The contested design was held to lack individual character under Article 6(1)(b) EUDR, so the invalidity application was upheld and the design declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
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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