Invalidity · first instance · 2026-06-15
000132645
Contested design: 009094220-0006
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and registered EU design No 009094220-0006 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 009094220-0006 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Kasper Teodor Toeplitzvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
Paris, France
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Meihong Chen
Spain (ES)
Sevilla, Spain
Represented by
Eberhard Jorg Trempel
Prior art cited (1)
wireless remote control — black elongated slim rectangular body with rounded edges, multiple buttons including numeric keypad, navigation cluster, volume/channel controls, coloured shortcut buttons and red power button at top
CN 304432061 S · China (CNIPA), partial translation via EUIPO DesignView · disclosed 2017-12-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant (Kasper Teodor Toeplitz) argued that the contested wireless remote control design lacks individual character in view of Chinese design patent CN 304432061 S (published 29/12/2017), which pre-dates the contested design's filing date (22/07/2022) and shows the same overall black elongated slim rectangular body with similarly arranged button groups.
- ›Holder did not submit observations.
- ›The Division found the Chinese design patent duly disclosed per WIPO INID code 45 (29/12/2017), predating the filing date; both designs share the same overall structure — black elongated slim rectangular body with rounded edges and similarly arranged button layout including numeric keypad, navigation cluster, coloured shortcut keys and red power button; minor differences in button count, labelling and a 'HUAYU' wordmark are not clearly perceptible or of minor importance.
- ›Application upheld; contested design declared invalid for lack of individual character under Article 6(1)(b) EUDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ-ORLOVSKIENĖ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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