Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-22
000124756
Contested design: 015041731-0001
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 015041731-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
LG Electronics INC.via PDF extraction
South Korea (KR)
128, Yeoui-daero, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 07336 Republic of Korea, Republic of
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Electron Technology CO., LTDvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Floor 1-5, Plant 2, Yingfeng Industrial Zone, Tantou Community, Songgang Street, Baoan District, Shenzhen 518000 China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
LG Electronics article showing the prior design of a portable screen integrated into a briefcase-like case (Standby Me Go)
https://live.lge.co.kr/lg-stanbyme-go/ · live.lge.co.kr · disclosed 2023-05-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over a prior design disclosed on LG's website before the contested design's priority date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the website article as prior disclosure and found the designer's freedom at least average for briefcases with integrated screens.
- ›It held the contested design created the same overall impression as the prior design, so the RCD lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deGerman | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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