Invalidity · first instance · 2020-05-25
000109681
Contested design: 006644274-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and Registered Community design No 0066442740001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0066442740001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Leonahrd Stecker
Germany (DE)
Rosswachtstr. 50 Halle 3 – Rueckseite, 85221 Dachau, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Qiang Lin
China (CN)
14G Haojingmingyuan, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Karel Mul
Prior art cited (1)
still from a YouTube review video showing a cylindrical battery
YouTube · disclosed 2017-04-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, arguing that the contested design was a standard 18650 battery long available on the market.
- ›The applicant relied on a screenshot from YouTube dated 25 April 2017 showing the earlier battery design; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the YouTube material as prior disclosure under Article 7 and found the compared batteries identical, with only immaterial faint markings.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 350 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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