Invalidity · first instance · 2026-04-17
000130924
Contested design: 015072909-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, registered EU design No 015072909-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 720.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015072909-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Good Cultural Creative Industry Shanghai Co tdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shanghai, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Sohai Housewares Ho., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
diamond-shaped cups
CN 307080049 S · patent database of China · disclosed 2022-01-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested insulating-bottle design lacked individual character, relying in particular on Chinese design patent CN 307080049 S published before the filing date.
- ›The decision text records no substantive holder observations.
- ›The Division found the Chinese patent document proved disclosure under Article 7(1) EUDR and that insulating bottles allow significant designer freedom.
- ›It held that the shared bottle shape, cap, faceted body pattern and lower circular element outweighed minor proportional and colour-presentation differences, so the same overall impression was produced.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailé SAKALAITE-ORLOVSKIENE
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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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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