Invalidity · first instance · 2026-03-31
000131627
Contested design: 015008319-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 0150083190001 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
Hui Yaovia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Yulin City, Shanxi Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shuifa Xievia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
garment bags by HomeClean
Amazon.de ASIN B078SML241 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2019-08-18
garment bag by GoMaihe
Amazon.de ASIN B0BPX9HDQN · Amazon.de
garment bag by GoMaihe
Amazon.de ASIN B0BPX9HDQN · Amazon.de · disclosed 2020-06-18
shorter garment bag by GoMaihe
Amazon.de ASIN B0BPX9HDQN · Amazon.de · disclosed 2020-06-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that Amazon garment-bag disclosures D1 to D4 predated the filing date and destroyed novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of D1, D3 and D4, rejected D2 as unsubstantiated, and found the contested design's rectangular shape and contours created a different overall impression.
- ›The invalidity application failed under Articles 6 and 5, so the contested design remained valid and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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