Invalidity · first instance · 2026-05-07
000131965
Contested design: 015101435-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear fixed costs of EUR 720.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015101435-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Miele & Cie. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Gütersloh, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Jiaxing Xiaotian Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
dustbags
EU design registration No 015071195-0008 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2024-09-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant claimed the contested dustbag design lacked novelty and individual character because it reproduced the earlier design almost entirely, with only negligible differences.
- ›Applicant relied in particular on earlier EU design registration No 015071195-0008 for dustbags, published before the contested filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations despite being invited to respond to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier design was disclosed, the designer's freedom was at least average, and the shared central circular interface and symmetrical holding plate dominated the overall impression.
- ›The contested design did not create a different overall impression on the informed user, so it lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailé SAKALAITE-ORLOVSKIENE
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
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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