Invalidity · first instance · 2026-04-22
000131964
Contested design: 006375929-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, and Registered EU design No 006375929-0001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 006375929-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Wuju XUvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Debaisite Trading Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Futian DSIT, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
wallet shown in a Facebook post by Conceal Plus
Facebook / Conceal Plus · disclosed 2018-03-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on a Facebook post showing a highly similar wallet before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not challenge the applicant's disclosure evidence or substantive comparison.
- ›The Division accepted the Facebook printout as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7 and treated the informed user as a wallet user with relatively broad awareness of market designs.
- ›It found only minor differences from the earlier wallet, insufficient to change the overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberGailé SAKALAITE-ORLOVSKIENE
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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