Invalidity · first instance · 2022-05-11
000117127
Contested design: 002732610-0006
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0027326100006 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Бовал 7 ООДvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
ж.к Зона Б-18, бл.6, вх.1, ет.12, ап.49, 1309 София, Bulgaria
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Лъкилокс Адvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
Бул. Илиянци № 123, 1220 София, Bulgaria
Represented by
Milena Lyubenova Georgieva-Tabakova
Prior art cited (3)
Unlocking instruments, including an L-shaped lock-pick device with two thin equal extensions.
Facebook account of Mr Vladimir Kirev · Facebook · disclosed 2014-05-23
Unlocking instruments showing the same lock-pick devices relied on against the contested design.
Facebook account 'Turbodecoder Turbodecoder' · Facebook · disclosed 2014-01-20
Video stills showing a set of unlocking instruments.
YouTube video by Marco Amendola · YouTube · disclosed 2013-11-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested lock-pick design lacked novelty because identical unlocking instruments had been publicly disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not rebut the alleged disclosures or the claimed identity of the compared designs.
- ›The Division accepted the Facebook disclosures as prior public disclosures, found the compared L-shaped instruments identical apart from immaterial paint and engraving differences, and treated the evidence as predating filing and the grace period.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design was not new under Article 5(1)(b), so the design was declared invalid and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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