Invalidity · first instance · 2026-04-22
000131724
Contested design: 015107062-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 015107062-0003 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
Liyun Qianvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Shuangzhi E-commerce Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Qiang Zhou
Prior art cited (3)
baking sheets
EU design registration No 015011553-0001 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2023-03-06
paper baking sheets
EU design registration No 008937502-0001 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-04-29
baking paper offered on Amazon with ASIN B09QX8TY1X
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QX8TY1X/ · Internet Archive / Amazon · disclosed 2022-01-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested baking paper design was invalid for lack of novelty and individual character and that its features were solely dictated by technical function.
- ›It relied on two earlier EU design registrations and an archived Amazon product page, while the holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division found the applicant had not proved that all appearance features were exclusively functional and accepted disclosure of the cited prior designs.
- ›It held that the rectangular proportions and other visual differences gave the contested design a different overall impression from each prior design and that none was identical to it.
- ›The invalidity application was therefore rejected in full, with costs awarded against the applicant.
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 ↗ |
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| 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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