Invalidity · first instance · 2025-09-16
000129225
Contested design: 015059993-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design 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 EU design No 015059993-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
MKI Technology LLCvia PDF extraction
United States (US)
Huntington Beach, United States
Represented by
Qiang Zhou
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Jieruike International Trading Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Greg Robert Sach
Prior art cited (1)
Audio players
EU design No 015038695-0001 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2023-10-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier EU design No 015038695-0001.
- ›The holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division found the earlier EU design was disclosed by publication in the EU Designs Bulletin before the contested filing date.
- ›It held the shared cubic form, rounded edges, front grille, strap and proportions created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- 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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