Invalidity · first instance · 2022-10-06
000118319
Contested design: 008726863-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 008726863-0002 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008726863-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jay At Play International Hong Kong Limitedvia PDF extraction
Hong Kong (HK)
Suite 817 Houston Centre 63 Mody Road TST East, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Songhe Liu
China (CN)
Xiaozhuang, Xiaozhuang Administrative Village, Wangji Township, Taikang County, Henan Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
video snapshots showing a bug-shaped children's sleeping bag design
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5zm5O7kqG0 · YouTube · disclosed 2020-07-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an earlier sleeping bag design shown in a YouTube video uploaded before the filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations, so the application was undefended on the merits.
- ›The Division accepted the YouTube video as prior disclosure under Article 7 and found the competing designs almost identical, producing the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld on Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6(1)(b), the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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