Invalidity · first instance · 2026-05-12
000129241
Contested design: 015091032-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015091032-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Qikfresh GmbH & Co. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yi Wing Global Limited
Hong Kong (HK)
Wanchai, Hong Kong
Represented by
Krzysztof Żuradzki
Prior art cited (1)
Brush holders, Toothbrush holders
EU design registration No 015017710-0001 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2023-05-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier EU design 015017710-0001.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier design through its 15 May 2023 publication in the EU Designs Bulletin.
- ›It found the structural similarities decisive, treated the differences as secondary, and held the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was invalidated in full, and costs were awarded against the holder.
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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