Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-15
000129843
Contested design: 015082227-0002
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 015082227-0002 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)
Amazon offer depicting the 'Hörmann 4511724 Handheld Transmitter' remote control
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B 01M QDF 3TP · Amazon.de · disclosed 2016-11-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier remote-control design disclosed on Amazon.de before the filing date.
- ›The applicant relied on an Amazon printout for the Hörmann remote control listing, including ASIN B 01M QDF 3TP and a 02/11/2016 availability date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as sufficient public disclosure and found the overall impression of the contested design did not differ from the earlier design.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid in full, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
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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