Invalidity · first instance · 2026-06-05
000132585
Contested design: 015087259-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; registered EU design No 015087259-0001 is declared invalid; the holder bears the costs fixed at EUR 720.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015087259-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yongqi Gongvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Xiantao City, Hubei Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Le Zhaovia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
contoured memory-foam pillow with recessed middle section and quilted/honeycomb-textured cover
ASIN B0DB4W3B2K, https://www.amazon.com · Amazon.com · disclosed 2024-08-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested pillow design (filed 03/01/2025) lacked novelty and individual character compared to a prior pillow design disclosed on Amazon.com since 19/08/2024, citing identical overall contoured shape with recessed middle section and quilted outer cover.
- ›Holder did not submit observations.
- ›The Division found wide designer freedom for pillows, then compared the designs and found them to coincide in overall shape, contoured structure, centrally recessed middle section, darker colour areas on the sides and middle, soft material appearance, and quilted/honeycomb-textured cover; minor shape variations were imperceptible at first glance and did not alter the fundamental structure.
- ›Application upheld; the contested pillow design lacks individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR; the holder bears EUR 720 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberGailé SAKALAITE-ORLOVSKIENE
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| 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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