Invalidity · first instance · 2024-07-25
000124337
Contested design: 015042992-0001
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 0150429920001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Li Pingvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
3rd Floor, Jinxin Industrial Zone, No. 112 Kangyi Road, Qingxi Town, Dongguan, China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Cool Zero Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 2906, Building B, Zhongshen Garden, No.2010 Caitian Road, Fushan Community, Futian St., Futian Dist., Shenzhen 518016, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
prior ventilating fan design shown in a YouTube video still
YouTube
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested ventilating-fan design copied an earlier YouTube-disclosed design and therefore lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›Holder requested an extension but ultimately filed no substantive observations, so the invalidity application was undefended on the merits.
- ›The Division accepted the YouTube screenshot and hyperlink as sufficient proof of prior disclosure and found the informed user would perceive the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld for lack of individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, and the contested design was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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