Invalidity · first instance · 2025-07-25
000127655
Contested design: 015071287-0001
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
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015071287-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yang Guitaovia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province, China
Holder · RCD owner
He LIvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Bozhou City, Anhui Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
electronic games console
CN 308396829 S · Chinese patent database · disclosed 2023-12-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, arguing the contested handheld console copied an earlier Chinese design in all material features.
- ›The holder was invited to submit observations but filed none, so the invalidity application proceeded undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the Chinese patent-database extract as proof that CN 308396829 S was publicly disclosed on 2023-12-26 before the contested filing date.
- ›It found the compared consoles identical in overall structure, button layout, proportions, speaker slots, shoulder buttons, and side-profile details.
- ›The contested design therefore lacked novelty under Article 25(1)(b) and Article 5(1)(b) EUDR, so the application was upheld and the holder ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
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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