Invalidity · first instance · 2025-10-31
000129535
Contested design: 015084600-0003
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 015084600-0003 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
DM/216 955 · WIPO Hague Express / 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 its earlier international design DM/216 955 for a turbine compact intercom.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the earlier international design had been validly disclosed before the filing date through WIPO publication.
- ›It held that the shared rectangular front panel, circular speaker, sensor element and button arrangement created the same overall impression despite minor differences.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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