Invalidity · first instance · 2025-04-07
000124575
Contested design: 015013606-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder’s fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 015013606-0002 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Portas Arcuense - Fábrica de Portas Seccionadasvia PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Parque Industrial de Padreiro, Lote 13, 4970-500 Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal
Represented by
Joana Jorge Cerqueira
Holder · RCD owner
Motorline Electrocelos, S.A.via PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Travessa do Sobreiro, n.º29, Lugar do Pinheiro, 4755-474 Barcelos, Portugal
Represented by
Prior art cited (10)
MC1 control board
ASIN B06XD5GZ69 · Amazon · disclosed 2017-03-02
control board posted by Oxygen Automation
control board posted by Maker Movement
SEAC LRS 2102 electronic box for sliding door
ASIN B07ZJYXDC2 · Amazon · disclosed 2019-10-25
control board shown in YouTube video still
YouTube · disclosed 2014-11-02
control board shown in YouTube video still
YouTube · disclosed 2017-05-10
control board shown in YouTube video still
YouTube · disclosed 2019-04-14
control board shown in YouTube video still
YouTube · disclosed 2020-06-16
L1 control board
Automateasy.es · disclosed 2013-09-01
control board sold as Vigilie Electronics VG-DRC-S7-102
VG-DRC-S7-102 · Alibaba · disclosed 2016-01-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, arguing the contested partial control-board design matched various earlier online control-board disclosures.
- ›The holder argued the prior designs either were not properly disclosed or lacked several visible features, and that the contested design created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure only for prior designs 1, 2, 9 and 10, rejecting the other alleged disclosures as insufficiently proven or visually inadequate.
- ›Comparing the accepted prior designs with the contested integrated part, the Division found missing or unclear features prevented the same overall impression or identity.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected in full, and the applicant was ordered to pay the holder’s fixed representation costs of EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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