Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-29
000124535
Contested design: 006785507-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD 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 006785507-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Danielle Kempersvia PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Zeeweg 65A, 1753BB Sint Maartensvlotbrug, Netherlands
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Caroline Camerlynck
Belgium (BE)
Karperstraat 184, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
baby sleeping bag shown in a Flickr screenshot
www.flickr.com · Flickr · disclosed 2012-07-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the baby sleeping bag lacked novelty and individual character over earlier designs D1 and D2 and that its features were solely dictated by technical function.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure of the earlier designs, pointed to differences in shape, material, and bottom structure, and denied that the contested design was exclusively functional.
- ›The Division accepted the Flickr evidence for D2 as a prior disclosure and found at least average designer freedom for baby sleeping bags.
- ›It held that the shared hood opening, tubular body, and narrowed lower end created the same overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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