Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-19
000130564
Contested design: 015044006-0007
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 015044006-0007 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yunfu Liuvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Pier Francesco Pistuddi
Holder · RCD owner
Yunzeng He
China (CN)
Guangzhou City, China
Represented by
Jesús Eladio Sánchez Silva
Prior art cited (1)
remote controls [wireless]
EU design No 015039369-0011 · European Union Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2023-11-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested wireless remote-control design lacked novelty and individual character because it closely matched earlier EU design No 015039369-0011.
- ›The holder filed no observations, so the invalidity application was undefended.
- ›The Division found the earlier EU design had been disclosed by bulletin publication before the contested filing date and that the two designs were identical in shape, colours, button layout and bottom hole.
- ›The application was upheld for lack of novelty under Article 5(1)(b) EUDR, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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