Invalidity · first instance · 2026-02-25
000131064
Contested design: 015064659-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, EU design No 015064659-0003 is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 320 in costs.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015064659-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 320.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €320
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
United Tradingvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
Paris, France
Holder · RCD owner
Jinfeng Min
China (CN)
Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Prior art cited (1)
wireless remote control for a motorised garage gate
ASIN B0CGMZYMRH; https://www.amazon.fr · Amazon.fr · disclosed 2023-08-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested wireless remote control lacked novelty and individual character over an earlier Amazon-disclosed remote control offered before filing.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.fr offer page for ASIN B0CGMZYMRH, available since 26 August 2023, as sufficient proof of public disclosure under Article 7(1) EUDR.
- ›It found the same shape, button layout, indicator light, hanging aperture, and colour scheme, so the contested design created no different overall impression and lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay costs of EUR 320.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
- MemberRebecca DAVIES SANTANNA
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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