Invalidity · first instance · 2024-12-12
000126677
Contested design: 015018620-0001
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 015018620-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jinfeng Minvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 69, Sunjia Village, Shengli Village Committee, Hongmei Street, Tianning District, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province 213000 China
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Yongshanfang Biotechnology Co., LTD
China (CN)
401-9, Linzhan Fortune Building, Shenfeng Road, Liuyue Community, Henggang Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong China
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Prior art cited (1)
Sommer Garage Door Remote Control
ASIN B 00J QTI HBA · Amazon · disclosed 2015-05-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested remote control copied an earlier Amazon-disclosed design and produced the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, comparison, or the alleged lack of individual character.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the Amazon printout as prior disclosure under Article 7 and found substantial designer freedom for wireless remote controls.
- ›Comparing the front views, it found the common shape, colours, button layout, and slot decisive, so the prior design destroyed individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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