Invalidity · first instance · 2024-04-10
000123574
Contested design: 015024350-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered Community design No 0150243500001 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 0150243500001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Tianjin Anhuilong Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Building 14, 15, Unit 2508, Haijing Wenyuan, Nanbei Street, Hexi District, Tianjin City, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Henan Jinbailai Industrial Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
A171, Building 4, No. 206, West Fourth Ring Road, High-Tech Industrial Development Zone, Zhengzhou City, Henan, China
Represented by
Emilio Zeininger
Prior art cited (1)
bbq grill shown in a video snapshot
"Corten steel bbq grill" on youtube.com · YouTube · disclosed 2022-11-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested barbecue-grill design lacked individual character because an identical grill had already been disclosed online before filing.
- ›Applicant relied on a YouTube video snapshot from 8 November 2022 and argued the designer's freedom for barbecue grills was at least average, so minor differences could not change the overall impression.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure or the applicant's comparison of the designs.
- ›The Division accepted the YouTube disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found the designs shared the same dominant features, with only minor differences in legs, handles, accessories, and colour contrast.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Article 6 CDR, so the application was upheld and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
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