Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-18
000126021
Contested design: 015027233-0011
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 015027233-0011 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
Aleaty Ltdvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Unit 893, Pegasus House, 17 Burleys Way, Leicester LE1 3BH, United Kingdom
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon listing for a remote control for Samsung TV
ASIN B0B8 VT9 PVK · Amazon.de · disclosed 2020-05-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on an earlier Amazon-disclosed remote control design.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found the designer's freedom at least average.
- ›It held that the contested design created the same overall impression as the prior design, so it 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 ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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