Invalidity · first instance · 2026-03-27
000131884
Contested design: 015083148-0003
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 015083148-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Kranis B.V.via PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Poeldijk, Netherlands
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Zhaoqing Mikasi Home Hardware Co., LTD
China (CN)
Zhaoqing City, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
toilet paper holder
EU design registration No. 015016654-0005 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2023-04-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on several earlier designs, especially EU design No. 015016654-0005.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division treated Article 6 as invoked, accepted publication of design No. 015016654-0005 as prior disclosure, and found average designer freedom for free-standing toilet paper holders.
- ›It found the designs shared the same overall configuration and proportions, with colour as the only difference, which did not change the overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to bear the costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberGailé SAKALAITE-ORLOVSKIENE
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| 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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