Invalidity · first instance · 2026-06-30
000130741
Contested design: 015084590-0003
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity of EU design No 015084590-0003 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 015084590-0003 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
Gonge Creative Learning ApSvia PDF extraction
Denmark (DK)
Them, Denmark
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Apparatus for physical exercise control (balance toy)
EU design No 002418848-0002 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2014-03-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant (owner of EU balance-toy design 002418848-0002, filed/published March 2014) challenged children's rocking chair design 015084590-0003 under Article 25(1)(d) EUDR, arguing the designs share the same overall impression (rounded triangular seat, circular supporting frame, identical proportions) and wide designer freedom.
- ›Holder argued Article 25(1)(d) EUDR is a specific provision applicable only where the prior design was published after the contested design's filing date; the prior design here was published in 2014, well before the contested design's 10/12/2024 filing date.
- ›Division confirmed that the statutory conditions for Article 25(1)(d) EUDR are not met because the prior design was both filed and published (11/03/2014) long before the contested design's filing date of 10/12/2024.
- ›Application rejected as unfounded; Article 25(1)(d) ground not available.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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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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