Invalidity · first instance · 2026-04-23
000130850
Contested design: 015106118-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 720 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015106118-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhen Baishi Video Techonolgy Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shenzhen, Guandong, China
Represented by
Vanessa Peris Lull
Holder · RCD owner
Michael Amaravia PDF extraction
France (FR)
Quincy-Voisins, France
Prior art cited (1)
SLZB-MR1 wireless router
https://smlight.tech/product/slzb-mr1/ · Internet Archive / smlight.tech · disclosed 2025-04-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on its earlier SLZB-MR1 wireless router disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›Holder filed no substantive defense, agreed the contested design should be declared invalid, and asked that each party bear its own costs.
- ›The Division accepted the Internet Archive evidence as sufficient disclosure by 22/04/2025 and found the earlier product produced the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character; the holder was ordered to pay the invalidity fee and representation costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailé SAKALAITE-ORLOVSKIENE
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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