Invalidity · first instance · 2026-03-17
000129117
Contested design: 015052785-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015052785-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Feng Wangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Nan'an City, Fujian Province, China
Holder · RCD owner
Qingwen Liuvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Yueyang City, Hunan Province, China
Represented by
Qiang Zhou
Prior art cited (1)
projectors
EU design No 015016439-0001 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2023-04-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier EU design No 015016439-0001 for projectors.
- ›The applicant argued both designs shared the same cylindrical projector body, side-mounted support, horizontal base, and tiltable structure.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier EU design was validly disclosed before the filing date and that minor detailing differences did not alter the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) EUDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberGailé SAKALAITE
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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