Invalidity · first instance · 2025-10-31
000129517
Contested design: 015084600-0001
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 0150846000001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zenitel Norway ASvia PDF extraction
Norway (NO)
Oslo, Norway
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Fanvil Zhilian Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Prior art cited (1)
turbine compact intercom
DM/216 955 · WIPO Bulletin No 04/2022 · disclosed 2022-01-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier international design DM/216 955 for an intercom.
- ›Holder was invited to respond but filed no observations, so the application proceeded undefended.
- ›The Division found the earlier design was validly disclosed before the contested filing date and gave the designer at least average freedom.
- ›Comparing the designs, the shared front-panel configuration dominated slight differences, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
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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