Invalidity · first instance · 2026-05-21
000131404
Contested design: 015021763-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and EU design No 015021763-0002 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015021763-0002 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shuai Yuanvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Fuzhou, China
Represented by
André Guerreiro Rodrigues
Prior art cited (1)
NETEL Expandable Microwave Shelf 2 Levels expandable worktop
ASIN B09Y8D6NDJ · Amazon.de · disclosed 2022-04-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier shelving designs disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›The holder challenged the probative value of the Amazon listing and argued that differences such as hooks, levellers and adjustment holes changed the overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as sufficient evidence of disclosure on 19/04/2022 and found the holder offered only speculative attacks on its reliability.
- ›Considering at least average design freedom, the Division found the structural similarities dominated and the contested design created the same overall impression as the prior design.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to bear costs fixed at EUR 720.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailé SAKALAITE-ORLOVSKIENE
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
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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