Invalidity · first instance · 2026-04-21
000131548
Contested design: 008613947-0001
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 0086139470001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Atlanti sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Wenwei Ding
China (CN)
Changning Town, Xiangning County, Shanxi Province, China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Prior art cited (1)
Pizzacraft 'Pizza Oven Accessories with Stone Brush and Peel' brush
ASIN B00G38HGK0 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2013-10-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested cleaning brush lacked novelty and individual character in light of an earlier Pizzacraft brush disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, designer freedom, or the comparison of the designs.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as a prior public disclosure under Article 7(1) EUDR and treated the relevant product as a cleaning brush.
- ›It found no overall impression difference on the informed user, at most minor handle shade or pattern variations, so individual character was absent.
- ›The application was upheld, the design was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberChiara BORACE
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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