Invalidity · first instance · 2021-06-10
000112942
Contested design: 003854645-0001
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
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0038546450001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Telebrands Corp.via PDF extraction
United States (US)
79 Two Bridges Road, Fairfield, New Jersey 07004, United States
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Jiatai Electronic Business Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 219, Building 4, Jinzhong Lanzuan Fengjing Huayuan, Jinlong Second Road, Longgang Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
'Hurricane Spin Scrubber' cleaning brush shown in advertisement/video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxMLU9XPj4I · YouTube / MediaShop TV · disclosed 2017-04-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on the earlier 'Hurricane Spin Scrubber' design disclosed in advertising before the RCD filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the YouTube advertisement evidence as prior public disclosure and found a high degree of design freedom for cleaning brushes.
- ›It held that the shared shape, structure, and blue-white colour scheme created the same overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
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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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