Invalidity · first instance · 2026-03-27
000131585
Contested design: 015106218-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 720.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0151062180001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Arkadiusz Michalskivia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Novowise LTDvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Brush with scraper for pizza oven and grill
ASIN B0DK72LL8D · Amazon.nl · disclosed 2024-10-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested cleaning-brush design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier market disclosures, especially the Amazon-listed Forneza brush with scraper.
- ›The holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.nl listing as prior public disclosure under Article 7(1) EUDR and found at least average designer freedom for cleaning brushes.
- ›It held that the prior and contested designs created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
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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