Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-23
000129861
Contested design: 015075675-0005
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 015075675-0005 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
Ákos Süle
Prior art cited (1)
wireless remote control
EU design registration No 015018620-0001 · EU Design Bulletin · disclosed 2023-04-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier published EU design registration.
- ›Holder was invited to file observations but submitted no response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier EU design through its 21/04/2023 bulletin publication.
- ›It found the designs produced the same overall impression on the informed user, with only a minor white-frame difference.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
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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