Invalidity · first instance · 2018-06-13
000010474
Contested design: 002733949-0020
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0027339490020 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Remalux B.V.
Netherlands (NL)
Netwerk No 140-142, 1446 Purmerend, Netherlands
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Honglan Yinvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Yuquan East Road No. 2, Quanxi Town, 421000 Hengnan County, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
LED light bulb
YouTube video screenshots published on 03/04/2014 · YouTube · disclosed 2014-04-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier online disclosures of an LED light bulb before 9 July 2015.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure, arguing YouTube publication dates, Amazon availability dates, and several annexes were unreliable or too unclear to prove the earlier design.
- ›The Division held internet disclosures can establish prior art, accepted the YouTube and corroborating evidence as reliable, and found the prior design had been made available to the public.
- ›Comparing the designs directly, the Division found them identical in all relevant features, so the RCD lacked novelty and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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