Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-07
000126040
Contested design: 015027233-0002
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 015027233-0002 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
Aleaty Ltdvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Unit 893, Pegasus House, 17 Burleys Way, Leicester LE1 3BH, United Kingdom
Prior art cited (1)
LG MR20GA Magic Remote Control remote control offered on Amazon
ASIN B 088 LY8 R1H · Amazon.de · disclosed 2020-05-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on Amazon printouts of an earlier LG remote control available from 28 May 2020.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, the informed user, designer freedom, or the comparison of designs.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7(1) and treated the earlier remote control as part of the prior art.
- ›It found no relevant differences in overall impression between the prior design and the contested remote control, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid in full, and costs were awarded against the holder.
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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