Invalidity · first instance · 2026-06-29
000131625
Contested design: 015068162-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity of EU design No 015068162-0001 is rejected; the applicant bears the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 0150681620001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder's costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Metale Internationalvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Focsani, Romania
Holder · RCD owner
Wistron Industrial Co., LTDvia PDF extraction
SC
Victoria Mahe, Seychelles
Represented by
Prior art cited (5)
SeAH Steel Corporation 'Electronic Galvanized Steel Coil & Sheet' guide, steel coil packing image
SeAH Steel Corporation · disclosed 2007-12-31
Dongbu Steel guidelines 'GI/SGL/EGI/ALCOT', steel coil packing image
Dongbu Steel · disclosed 2011-12-31
CMA CGM 'Technical Guidelines for STEEL COILS in ISO Containers'
CMA CGM · disclosed 2011-08-08
TT CLUB guide 'Transport of Coiled Materials in Containers'
TT CLUB · disclosed 2016-12-31
YouTube video stills dated 07/04/2023 showing steel coil packages (multiple designs, not individually identified)
YouTube · disclosed 2023-04-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant challenged steel coil packaging design (three views including top view showing exposed central opening) for lack of novelty and individual character over industry guides and online sources from 2007 onwards; claimed the design merely represents a standard coil packaging method.
- ›Holder did not submit observations in reply.
- ›Division admitted only D1 (SeAH Steel 2007) and D2 (Dongbu Steel 2011) as properly disclosed; YouTube screenshots from Annex 5 were rejected as too blurry, too small or showing multiple unidentified designs; designer freedom found average due to cylindrical coil constraint.
- ›Decisive difference: the contested design features a prominent exposed central circular opening that D1 and D2 do not have; combined with differences in number of transverse bands (5 vs 4 and 3) and other features, the contested design produces a different overall impression; application rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ-ORLOVSKIENĖ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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| 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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