Invalidity · first instance · 2018-09-28
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Contested design: 002587188-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant’s fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 002587188-0001 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
Dimitrula Paraskos
GR
Therisu 37 Street, Apmelokipi, Thessaloniki, Greece
Represented by
Elitsa Mitsova
Holder · RCD owner
ЛЪКИЛОКС АД
Bulgaria (BG)
Бул. Илиянци № 123, 1220 Sofia, Bulgaria
Represented by
Kostadin Manev
Prior art cited (1)
YouTube review video of the “TURBO DECODER BAG HI66 2/3 gen.” lock pick / door opener showing the earlier design
YouTube · disclosed 2013-11-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested lock-pick design lacked novelty and individual character because the same design had been publicly marketed and shown online since 2011, outside the grace period.
- ›The holder said the prior images were unproven internet allegations and pointed to differences in handle markings, etching depth, and protruding rods.
- ›The Division accepted the dated YouTube review as solid proof of prior disclosure and found the key-cut differences technical and the grip-depth difference too slight to affect overall impression.
- ›The novelty attack failed, but the design lacked individual character; the invalidity application was upheld and the RCD declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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