Invalidity · first instance · 2023-03-14
000117837
Contested design: 008019996-0002
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(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 008019996-0002 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
DesignNest B.V.via PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Keulschevaart 19, 3621 MX Breukelen, Niederlande
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Spyra GmbH
Germany (DE)
Tengstr. 34, 80796 München, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
water gun shown in the YouTube video 'Spyra One | Next Level of Water Gun Design | Now LIVE on Kickstarter! (July 2018)'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUcW1iZ8x_k · YouTube · disclosed 2018-07-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier water-gun designs allegedly disclosed by the holder on Twitter and YouTube more than one year before filing.
- ›The holder denied effective prior disclosure, argued the Twitter and YouTube materials should not count or be considered, and maintained the contested design created a different overall impression under functional constraints.
- ›The Division found the YouTube screenshots sufficient to prove D1 was publicly disclosed on 2018-07-30 and held the holder had not rebutted that disclosure under Article 7.
- ›Comparing D1 with the contested design, the Division found the same overall impression on the informed user despite minor differences, so the design lacked individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid in full, and costs of EUR 750 were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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