Invalidity · first instance · 2018-08-30
000010895
Contested design: 002576801-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and the contested RCD is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0025768010001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Delta-Sport Handelskontor GmbH
Germany (DE)
Wragekamp 6, 22397 Hamburg, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
TCC Global N.V.
Netherlands (NL)
World Trade Centre, Zuidplein 84, 1077XV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
plush toy in the shape of an apple shown in a YouTube promotion video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkwGDtb7TVc · YouTube · disclosed 2013-10-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on screenshots from a YouTube video about an Unicoop promotion predating the contested RCD filing.
- ›The holder filed no observations and submitted no facts or evidence in reply.
- ›The Division found the YouTube material to be solid evidence of public disclosure under Article 7 before the filing date and accepted that the prior plush toy was publicly available.
- ›Comparing the visible features, the Division considered the contested apple-shaped plush toy identical to the prior design despite possible immaterial hidden details, so invalidity was granted.
Deciding panel
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
- MemberAlvaro SESMA
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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