Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-15
000129805
Contested design: 015082227-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 720.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015082227-0001 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
Liu yanqiong
China (CN)
Taohong Town, Longhui County, Hunan Province, China
Represented by
Riccardo Ciullo
Prior art cited (1)
Hormann catalogue page 36 showing the 'Hand transmitter HSE 2 BS' wireless remote control
Hormann catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on Annex 2, a Hormann catalogue showing the Hand transmitter HSE 2 BS before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not challenge the applicant's disclosure evidence.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the 2018 catalogue as valid public disclosure and found at least average designer freedom for wireless remote controls.
- ›It held that the contested design produced the same overall impression as the prior design, lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b), and had to be invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
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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