Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-02
000126057
Contested design: 009186356-0002
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 009186356-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Peng Chenvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 603, Building 9, Hubin New City, Meijia Community, Miaoshan, Jiangxia, Wuhan, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Rui Cao
China (CN)
Room 503, Building 2, South Special Steel Living Area, Maba Avenue, Maba Town, Qujiang District, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Eberhard Jorg Trempel
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon offer for a 'Replacement Samsung Remote Control for Samsung TV' remote control
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B09 8SG VCT3 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2021-07-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested remote-control design lacked novelty and individual character in light of an earlier Amazon-listed remote control.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.de listing from 7 July 2021 as prior disclosure and found the designs highly similar in shape, contours, proportions, button layout and indents.
- ›Because the limited differences in button decoration did not alter the overall impression on the informed user, the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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