Invalidity · first instance · 2026-05-26
000129483
Contested design: 015039332-0007
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity against registered EU design No 015039332-0007 is rejected.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen EU-Geschmacksmusters Nr. 015039332-0007 wird zurückgewiesen.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Fuzhou Qisuo Advertising Planning Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Fuzhou, Fujian, China
Holder · RCD owner
Oro-Kong GmbH
Germany (DE)
Ruppach-Goldhausen, Deutschland
Prior art cited (2)
Undated internet extract showing drawers with storage boxes.
https://www.simple-joy.de · simple-joy.de
Fourteen screenshots of Facebook posts showing storage-box sets.
Simple Joy Deutschland · Facebook · disclosed 2021-12-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested design lacked novelty and individual character because the holder had earlier promoted identical storage-box sets online and on Facebook.
- ›Applicant also argued the filing was not a design under Article 3(1) because it sought to monopolise a pre-known concept of foldable textile drawer boxes.
- ›Holder filed no timely observations and later submitted observations together with a request for restitutio in integrum.
- ›The Division found the representations clearly showed a set of storage boxes and therefore a protectable design rather than a mere abstract idea or use condition.
- ›The Division held the website and Facebook materials did not adequately prove public disclosure of earlier designs, so the invalidity grounds failed and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberIvo TSENKOV
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIvan PRANDZHEV
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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