Invalidity · first instance · 2025-10-31
000129518
Contested design: 015084600-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered EU design No 015084600-0002 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 015084600-0002 is declared invalid. 3. 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
International design No DM/216 955 · WIPO Bulletin No 04/2022 · disclosed 2022-01-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier international design DM/216 955 for a turbine compact intercom disclosed before 10 December 2024.
- ›The holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted publication and grant-of-protection records for DM/216 955 as sufficient Article 7 disclosure and found at least average designer freedom for intercoms.
- ›It held that the shared front-panel layout and core features created the same overall impression despite minor differences, so the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
Decision files
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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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