Invalidity · first instance · 2026-06-15
000131344
Contested design: 015094287-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and registered EU design No 015094287-0001 is declared invalid; the holder bears the costs fixed at EUR 720.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015094287-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Scoring Right Pty Ltdvia PDF extraction
AU
Langwarrin South, Australia
Represented by
Nicole Sciberras Debono
Holder · RCD owner
Taizhou Huirun Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
Scoring Right Tennis Score Keeper — racquet-mounted manual slide score counter, elongated rectangular body with two parallel vertical channels and circular slider caps
https://tennisnerd.net/tennis-tools/scoring-right-review/15579 (Wayback Machine archive 23/04/2021) · tennisnerd.net via Wayback Machine (original review November 2019) · disclosed 2021-04-23
Scoring Right Tennis Score Keeper — same product on packaging
https://pointgameset.com (Wayback Machine archive 19/06/2024) · pointgameset.com via Wayback Machine · disclosed 2024-06-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant (Scoring Right Pty Ltd) argued that its Scoring Right Tennis Score Keeper, a racquet-mounted manual slide score counter marketed in the EU since at least 2019, was publicly disclosed before the contested design's filing date (04/03/2025) and priority date (21/10/2024); both designs share the same elongated rounded-rectangle body with two parallel channels, circular slider caps and wavy serpentine relief between channels.
- ›Holder did not submit observations.
- ›The Division found prior designs duly disclosed via Wayback Machine archives predating the priority date; the contested design reproduces all features of the prior design — same body shape, two recessed channels with wavy perimeter profile and circular sliders; minor width and slider-size differences require detailed examination beyond overall-impression assessment.
- ›Application upheld; contested design declared invalid for lack of individual character under Article 6(1)(b) EUDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ-ORLOVSKIENĖ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
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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