Invalidity · first instance · 2026-04-21
000131630
Contested design: 015101477-0001
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 015101477-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Liyun Qianvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenghui Wei
China (CN)
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Jesús Eladio Sánchez Silva
Prior art cited (1)
baking sheets
EU design registration No 015011553-0001 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2023-03-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested baking paper design lacked novelty and individual character and reflected standard product features.
- ›In support, the applicant relied inter alia on earlier EU design registration No 015011553-0001 for baking sheets, published before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations, so the Division assessed first the individual-character ground under Article 6 EUDR.
- ›The Division found the earlier design sufficiently disclosed, considered designer freedom at least average, and held the minor differences insufficient to change the same overall impression.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberGailé SAKALAITE-ORLOVSKIENE
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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