Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-04
000126158
Contested design: 009144678-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 009144678-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Preferred Home Limitedvia PDF extraction
Ireland (IE)
77 Camden Street Lower, E542, Dublin, Dublin D02 XE80, Ireland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Yalanle Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 402, Building C, No.30, Sanwei Hangkong Road, Sanwei Community, Hangcheng Street, Baoan District, Shenzhen 518000, China
Represented by
Yanyun Zhang
Prior art cited (1)
wireless remote control
RCD No 009090897-0001 · Community design register · disclosed 2022-07-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested wireless remote control lacked individual character over earlier RCD No 009090897-0001 because the same shape, size, and button arrangement created the same overall impression.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted publication of the earlier RCD before the filing date as sufficient disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›The Division found that the shared remote-control shape and button layout outweighed the contested design's added coloured buttons, so the designs created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6, the Article 5 ground was left unexamined, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| esSpanish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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