Invalidity · first instance · 2021-11-16
000116046
Contested design: 005622297-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 005622297-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhen A-unit Electronics Co.,Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
4 floor, B building, Qiao Hongsheng cultural and creative garden, Xixiang Tian Jie Industrial Zone, Shenzhen 518101, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Huasheng Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Rm. 307B, Rongxing Bldg., No. 168, Bulong Rd., Bantian St., Longgang Dist., Shenzhen City, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
HDMI wireless video receiver manufactured by Yehua
https://www.amazon.co.uk; ASIN B0776R7W3W · Amazon UK · disclosed 2017-11-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested HDMI extender copied its earlier Yehua HDMI wireless video receiver and lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The applicant relied on Amazon UK listings and customer reviews showing the prior product was offered from 6 November 2017; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the internet evidence as prior disclosure, found average designer freedom overall, and considered the shared round body, cable extension and silver plug decisive.
- ›It concluded the contested design created the same overall impression as the prior design, upheld invalidity under Article 25(1)(b) and declared the RCD invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
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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