Invalidity · first instance · 2025-06-10
000127515
Contested design: 015041776-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered EU design No 0150417760001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ningbo Hangrui Electric Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Yuyao City, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Changzhou Fengxue Network Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Changzhou City, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Prior art cited (1)
Mobile Digital Electric Meter Briidea
ASIN B0C2H9QS8R; https://www.amazon.de · Amazon.de · disclosed 2023-04-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested electricity meter lacked novelty and individual character because almost identical meters had already been advertised and sold online before filing.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not contest the Amazon evidence or the claimed prior disclosure date.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as sufficient internet disclosure and found the compared designs overwhelmingly similar despite minor colour, cable-length, and visibility differences.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) EUDR and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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