Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-24
000126026
Contested design: 015003065-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015003065-0002 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
Haikou Pingyingying Electronic Commerce Co., ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 505, No.311 Cangxi Village, Chengxi Town, Longhua District, Haikou City, Hainan Province 570100, China
Represented by
Eberhard Jorg Trempel
Prior art cited (1)
ALLIMITY Voice Remote Control offered on Amazon
ASIN B094JD88G2 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2021-05-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on an earlier Amazon.de disclosure of an ALLIMITY voice remote control.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the Amazon listing as prior public disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found the disclosed front panel identical to the contested design.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked novelty and was declared invalid, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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