Invalidity · first instance · 2019-02-19
000103201
Contested design: 004030146-0003
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the contested Registered Community design No. 004030146-0003 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 004030146-0003 wird für nichtig erklärt. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten der Antragstellerin, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Out of the blue KG
Germany (DE)
Beim neuen Damm 28, 28865 Lilienthal, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Trendhaus Handelsgesellschaft mbH
Germany (DE)
Mühlweg 15, 92369 Sengenthal, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
flexible stretchable plastic string toy
YouTube video review 'Stretching String' · YouTube · disclosed 2013-05-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested design lacked novelty and individual character because identical earlier stretchable-string designs had been disclosed before filing, and also claimed the design was purely functional.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the YouTube screenshots of the 28 May 2013 "Stretching String" video review as sufficient proof of public disclosure under Article 7 CDR.
- ›It found the compared designs visually identical apart from immaterial differences in exact length and stretchability, so the contested RCD was not new and had to be invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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