Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-13

000126028

Contested design: 009159163-0013

CDR

Outcome

Invalidated (total)

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 009159163-0013 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

Merx Patentes y Marcas, S.L.P.

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

KBZ Żuradzki Barczyk & Wspólnicy Adwokaci i Radcy, Prawni Sp. k.

Prior art cited (1)

Web disclosure

Remote control offered on Amazon as 'Universal Remote Control for Samsung Smart TV...'

https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B08HQ8VY3Q · Amazon.de · disclosed 2020-10-10

Legal grounds invoked

Article 25(1)(b)Article 4(1)Article 6(1)(b)Article 7(1)

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 and did not contest disclosure, designer freedom, or the comparison of overall impressions.
›The Division accepted the Amazon.de printouts as proof of disclosure from 10 October 2020 before the contested design filing date.
›It found the designs produced the same overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.

Deciding panel

MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES

Decision files

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Locarno classes

14.03

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