Invalidity · first instance · 2026-02-26
000130970
Contested design: 015075675-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 320.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015075675-0001 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 Trading s.a.r.l.via PDF extraction
France (FR)
Paris, France
Holder · RCD owner
Liu yanqiong
China (CN)
Taohong Town, Longhui County, Hunan Province, China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Prior art cited (1)
remote controls [wireless]
EU design registration No 015065893-0006 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2024-09-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on earlier EU design registration No 015065893-0006.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations in the invalidity proceedings.
- ›The Division found the earlier EU design had been disclosed before the filing date and that it disclosed all relevant features of the contested design.
- ›The contested design was held identical to the prior design apart from immaterial details, so the application was upheld and the design declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
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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