Invalidity · first instance · 2026-06-15
000131365
Contested design: 015094287-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and registered EU design No 015094287-0003 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 015094287-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Scoring Right Pty Ltdvia PDF extraction
AU
Langwarrin South, Australia
Represented by
Nicole Sciberras Debono
Holder · RCD owner
Taizhou Huirun Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Scoring Right Portable Pickleball Paddles Scoreboard — slim elongated rounded-rectangle strip with three vertically aligned modules (keyhole aperture, short channel, long channel) and circular slider caps
https://www.amazon.es, ASIN B0D55H561S · amazon.es · disclosed 2024-06-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant (Scoring Right Pty Ltd) argued that its Scoring Right Pickleball Single, marketed since June 2024 and listed on Amazon.es (ASIN B0D55H561S) since 10/06/2024, was disclosed before the contested design's priority date (21/10/2024); both designs are a slim elongated strip with three aligned modules — keyhole aperture, short channel, long channel — each bordered by a serpentine relief, with circular slider caps.
- ›Holder did not submit observations.
- ›The Division found the Amazon.es listing (10/06/2024) sufficient proof of prior disclosure; the contested design reproduces all features of the prior design — same body proportions, three modules with recessed tracks, wavy perimeter profile and circular sliders; minor differences in track lengths and slider diameters require detailed examination beyond the overall-impression test.
- ›Application upheld; contested design declared invalid for lack of individual character under Article 6(1)(b) EUDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ-ORLOVSKIENĖ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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