Invalidity · first instance · 2026-04-21
000131745
Contested design: 015113829-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 720.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015113829-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Liyun Qianvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Huan Wang
China (CN)
Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
baking sheets
EU design registration No 015011553-0001 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2023-03-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity of the contested baking paper cup design for lack of individual character and invoked additional novelty and technical-function grounds.
- ›Holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted prior disclosure of EU design registration No 015011553-0001 published in the EU Designs Bulletin on 6 March 2023.
- ›It found at least average design freedom and held that minor differences in rounding, wall shape, pleats and colour did not change the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberGailé SAKALAITE-ORLOVSKIENE
Decision files
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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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