Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-19
000130565
Contested design: 015044006-0009
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the registered EU design No 015044006-0009 is declared invalid, and costs of EUR 720 are borne by the holder.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità è accolta. Il disegno o modello dell'UE registrato n. 015044006-0009 è dichiarato nullo. Le spese sono a carico della titolare, fissate in 720 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yunfu Liuvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shenzhen, Cina
Represented by
Pier Francesco Pistuddi
Holder · RCD owner
Yunzeng He
China (CN)
Guangzhou City, Cina
Represented by
Jesús Eladio Sánchez Silva
Prior art cited (1)
telecomandi [senza fili]
RCD No 015039369-0013 · Bollettino dei disegni e modelli dell'Unione europea · disclosed 2023-11-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested wireless remote-control design lacked novelty and individual character over an earlier EU design for the same product sector.
- ›She said both designs shared the same rectangular remote-control appearance, button layout, indicator placement, colour scheme, and hanging-hole arrangement, with only minor differences.
- ›The holder, although invited to comment on the invalidity application, filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD No 015039369-0013 had been validly disclosed before 12 December 2023 and that the differences between the designs were only insignificant details.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked novelty under Article 5(1)(b) EUDR, so the Division did not examine the individual-character ground.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'Errico
- MemberCarmen SÁto EZ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA Palomares DAVIES
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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