Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-13
000126058
Contested design: 009159163-0012
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 009159163-0012 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
Rui Cao
China (CN)
Room 503, Building 2, South Special Steel Living Area, Maba Avenue, Maba Town, Qujiang District, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province, China
Prior art cited (1)
Replacement Philips remote control for Philips TV
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B0B62V6C73 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2022-07-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on an Amazon listing for a Philips-compatible remote available from 8 July 2022.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations on disclosure, novelty, or individual character.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as a prior public disclosure under Article 7(1) and found the designer's freedom at least average.
- ›It held that minor button-label differences did not alter the overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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