Invalidity · first instance · 2024-04-15
000122254
Contested design: 008856033-0002
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 008856033-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
LIU HANGvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Group 3, Gonggou Village, Zhongxing Town, Jiajiang County, Leshan, China
Represented by
Thomas-Johannes Jochheim
Holder · RCD owner
Changjiang Xutangrui Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Rm. 1910, Unit 1, Building 1, Jingfu Community, Hongmian West Rd., Changjiang Li Autonomous County 572799, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Prior art cited (1)
white contact plug shown in a YouTube video
YouTube · disclosed 2020-12-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on earlier online disclosures of a contact plug and also invoking Article 25(1)(d) CDR.
- ›The holder challenged the screenshots as unreliable because they were undated, lacked a visible URL, and did not show identical designs.
- ›The Division found the YouTube screenshots sufficiently proved disclosure on 2020-12-10 and held that no translation or further web search was required.
- ›Comparing the designs directly, the Division found the only difference in the pins immaterial, so the designs were identical for Article 5(2) CDR purposes.
- ›The application was upheld on novelty grounds and the contested design was declared invalid, so the other ground and other earlier designs were not examined.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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