Invalidity · first instance · 2018-09-28
000011019
Contested design: 002587188-0002
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 002587188-0002 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)
door opener / lock pick design shown in a YouTube product review
YouTube video review of 'TURBO DECODER BAG HI66 2/3 gen.' · YouTube · disclosed 2013-11-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested lock-pick design had been publicly disclosed well before 28 November 2014 through internet sales, social media, YouTube and catalogues, so it lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder said the evidence was unsubstantiated internet material and highlighted differences in handle markings, surface etching and protruding rods to deny identity or the same overall impression.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the dated YouTube review as solid evidence of prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found the prior design publicly available before filing.
- ›Novelty failed because the differences were not immaterial, but the contested design still lacked individual character since the similarities in the handle dominated and the remaining differences were minor or technically constrained.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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