Invalidity · first instance · 2026-06-09
000132105
Contested design: 015120538-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and registered EU design No 015120538-0001 is declared invalid; the holder bears the costs fixed at EUR 720.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0151205380001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jinbin Yuanvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Foshan, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
ZoserX Massager by Aocesk — electric handheld/body-contact massager with four flexible legs
https://www.amazon.com, ASIN B0FL7KZ9LY; https://www.amazon.co.uk, ASIN B0FL7KZ9LY · amazon.com (05/08/2025); amazon.co.uk (01/09/2025) · disclosed 2025-08-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant (Jinbin Yuan) argued that the contested massager design lacks individual character in view of the 'ZoserX Massager' by Aocesk, disclosed on Amazon before the contested design's filing date (18/10/2025), with identical overall shape, four flexible legs, rectangular puffed top, metallic borders and control panel.
- ›Holder did not submit observations.
- ›The Division found the prior design disclosed on Amazon before the filing date; comparing designs from a single top view, the contested design shares the same rectangular top, control panel, metallic borders and extremities; no substantial difference in overall impression.
- ›Application upheld; contested design declared invalid for lack of individual character under Article 6(1)(b) EUDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
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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