Invalidity · first instance · 2025-11-13
000129806
Contested design: 015039369-0013
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 720.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015039369-0013 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Silin Livia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Zunyi, Guizhou, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Suzhou Bimeng Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Prior art cited (1)
433.92 MHz Garage Door Opener remote control
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B0C9HPWWWB · Amazon.de · disclosed 2023-06-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued that an earlier Amazon-disclosed remote control destroyed novelty and individual character, and that designer freedom for such products was broad.
- ›Applicant relied on an Amazon.de screenshot for the 433.92 MHz Garage Door Opener showing ASIN B0C9HPWWWB and availability since 27/06/2023; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon screenshot as sufficient proof of public disclosure and found that remote-control designers enjoy broad freedom apart from functional constraints.
- ›Because the compared designs created the same overall impression on the informed user, the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- 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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