Invalidity · first instance · 2026-05-26
000129501
Contested design: 015039332-0008
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen EU-Geschmacksmusters Nr. 015039332-0008 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten der Inhaberin, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
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 website extract showing drawers containing storage boxes.
https://www.simple-joy.de · simple-joy.de
Fourteen screenshots of posts from the Facebook account "Simple Joy Deutschland" showing storage boxes, dated between 2021-12-20 and 2022-10-02.
Facebook account "Simple Joy Deutschland"
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, alleging earlier Simple Joy website and Facebook disclosures, and also argued the filing protected only an abstract storage-box concept rather than a design.
- ›The holder filed no observations within the extended time limit; it later submitted observations and requested restitutio in integrum.
- ›The Division found the registered views clearly depicted the appearance of three related storage boxes, so the contested filing qualified as a design rather than an unprotectable abstract idea or use condition.
- ›The alleged prior disclosures were not proven because the screenshots and website extract lacked reliable source and dating information within the evidence itself, so disclosure under Article 7 was not established.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected in full, and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
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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