Invalidity · first instance · 2026-05-26
000132204
Contested design: 015121305-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered EU design No 015121305-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 720.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015121305-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ningbo Huayi Electronic Appliance Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Baofeng Liuvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Hefei City, Anhui Province, China
Represented by
Michele Carella
Prior art cited (1)
carpet shampooer
CN 308944777 S · Chinese patent database · disclosed 2024-11-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier Chinese design patent CN 308944777 S for a carpet shampooer.
- ›The holder was invited to file observations on the invalidity application but submitted none.
- ›The Division accepted the Chinese patent-database extract as proof of disclosure before the contested filing date and found designer freedom relatively broad despite functional constraints.
- ›It held that the shared structure, proportions, hose arrangement, upright support, and cleaning-head configuration created the same overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailé SAKALAITE-ORLOVSKIENE
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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