Invalidity · first instance · 2023-03-14
000117838
Contested design: 008435754-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community design No 008435754-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder is ordered to pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 008435754-0001 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
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on D1, a water-gun design disclosed on YouTube before the filing date.
- ›Holder denied valid disclosure and argued functional constraints limited design freedom; it maintained the contested design created a different overall impression and requested rejection.
- ›The Division accepted the YouTube screenshots as sufficient evidence that D1 was publicly disclosed on 2018-07-30 and found the holder had not rebutted public accessibility.
- ›With at least average design freedom, the Division found both designs gave the same overall impression of a massive, angular, nearly rectangular water gun and declared the RCD invalid.
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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