Invalidity · first instance · 2026-03-17

000128658

Contested design: 003336833-0001

EUDR

Outcome

Application rejected (holder wins)

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 003336833-0001 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

Grupo Erik Editoresvia PDF extraction

Spain (ES)

Motril, Granada, Spain

Represented by

Javier Galán

Holder · RCD owner

Pyramid Posters Limited

United Kingdom (GB)

Leicester, United Kingdom

Represented by

Randy Yaloz

Prior art cited (17)

Registered RCDD1

notebooks

EU design registration No 000467006-0001 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2006-02-21

Registered RCDD2

notebooks

EU design registration No 000467006-0002 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2006-02-21

Registered RCDD3

notebooks

EU design registration No 000467006-0003 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2006-02-21

Registered RCDD4

notebooks

EU design registration No 000467006-0004 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2006-02-21

Registered RCDD5

notebooks

EU design registration No 000467006-0005 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2006-02-21

Registered RCDD6

notebooks

EU design registration No 000467006-0006 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2006-02-21

Registered RCDD7

notebooks

EU design registration No 000467006-0007 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2006-02-21

Registered RCDD8

notebooks

EU design registration No 000467006-0010 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2006-02-21

Registered RCDD9

notebooks

EU design registration No 000467006-0011 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2006-02-21

Registered RCDD10

notebooks

EU design registration No 000467006-0012 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2006-02-21

Registered RCDD11

notebooks

EU design registration No 000467006-0013 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2006-02-21

Web disclosureD12⚠ rejected as evidence

baby blue planner

Little.Shopaholics.Blog · disclosed 2015-07-23

Web disclosureD13⚠ rejected as evidence

beige and brown planner

Wallapop

Web disclosureD14⚠ rejected as evidence

fuchsia planner

Vinted

Web disclosureD15⚠ rejected as evidence

red planner

Vinted

Web disclosureD16⚠ rejected as evidence

'Kikki k' orange planner

Vinted

Web disclosureD17⚠ rejected as evidence

Luis Vuitton Case (2011)

Legal grounds invoked

Article 25(1)(b)Article 4(1)Article 5(1)(b)Article 6(1)(b)Article 6(2)Article 7(1)

Argument summary

›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on eleven earlier EU design registrations and six internet disclosures for planners or notebooks.
›The holder argued the cited designs concerned different products, several exhibits lacked proper translation or dates, and the compared designs created different overall impressions.
›The Division accepted disclosure of D1 to D11 from the EU Designs Bulletin but rejected D12 to D17 as insufficient internet evidence of disclosure.
›With at least average design freedom, the contested notebook's narrow strap and circular front fastening created a different overall impression from each accepted prior design.
›The invalidity application was rejected because the contested design had individual character and was not identical to any invoked prior design.

Deciding panel

MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
MemberChiara BORACE

Decision files

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Locarno classes

19.04

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