Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-18
000129842
Contested design: 015065752-0009
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 720 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015065752-0009 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
Li Liuvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Emilio Zeininger
Prior art cited (1)
Hörmann HSE 4 BS Handheld Transmitter remote control
https://www.amazon.de (ASIN B 08M 3CP 17S) · Amazon.de · disclosed 2020-10-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on an earlier Amazon.de disclosure of a remote control before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7(1) EUDR and treated the earlier design as part of the prior art.
- ›It found the compared remote controls created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the design was invalidated, 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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