Invalidity · first instance · 2023-04-25
000119958
Contested design: 008536239-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008536239-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Freddy S.p.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Corso Buenos Aires n. 20, 20124 Milano, Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guangzhou Royal Wolf Standard Denim Garment Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
first floor, NO 12, Huimei Huijing north road, Xingtang town, Zengcheng district, Guangzhou 510000, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Screenshots of the 'Freddy WRUP Community' trouser design shown in a YouTube video.
https://www.youtube.com · YouTube · disclosed 2018-01-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying inter alia on YouTube screenshots of the earlier 'Freddy WRUP Community' trouser design uploaded on 17/01/2018.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the YouTube screenshots as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found at least average design freedom for trousers.
- ›It found the designs shared almost all essential features and produced the same overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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