Invalidity · first instance · 2026-03-27
000131244
Contested design: 015100523-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 720 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0151005230002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Congfei Shivia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shiyan, Hubei, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Lumei E-commerce Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Żuradzki
Prior art cited (1)
eyebrow pen
US design patent No D1 055 371 S · United States · disclosed 2024-12-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over an earlier disclosed US design patent for an eyebrow pen.
- ›The applicant argued designer freedom was not limited, so minor differences could not give the contested eyebrow pencil a different overall impression.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure of the earlier patent or the invalidity arguments.
- ›The Division found the prior patent disclosed before filing, average designer freedom, and no different overall impression despite minor cap-securing details and colour differences.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4(1) and 6 EUDR, and the contested design was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
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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