Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-29
000124556
Contested design: 015022414-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid; the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 015022414-0001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Tilt Associazione Giovanile APS
Italy (IT)
Piazza Ciro Menotti, 1, 41042 Fiorano Modenese (MO), Italy
Holder · RCD owner
Figura Nacional
Portugal (PT)
Rua S. Gens 29 RC, 1170-337 Lisboa, Portugal
Prior art cited (2)
Screenshots from a YouTube video showing the 'Cinema Insuflável' inflatable building installed in Porto.
youtube.com · YouTube · disclosed 2018-08-13
Screenshots from a YouTube video showing the 'Cinema Insuflável' inflatable building installed in Porto.
youtube.com · YouTube · disclosed 2018-08-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested inflatable building had been publicly disclosed in 2018 on YouTube and in Porto, so it lacked novelty and, alternatively, individual character.
- ›Holder said the cited images depicted its own design, developed in 2018, and argued the disclosures were limited and did not negate protection.
- ›The Division found the YouTube videos and public presentation proved disclosure in the EU before filing, outside the 12-month grace period.
- ›Finding no differences between the disclosed design and the contested design, the Division held the design lacked novelty and declared it invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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