Invalidity · first instance · 2025-01-21
000126895
Contested design: 015023928-0002
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 015023928-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Andrés Sebastián Delfino Estebanvia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Avenida de las Cortes Valencianas 2, 50, 46015 Valencia, Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Xinning Xiaoqing Trading Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
No. 14, Yuanyi North Road, Jinshi Town, Xinning County, Shaoyang, Hunan 422000, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Żuradzki
Prior art cited (1)
Samsung INR18650-25R battery design shown in screenshots from a YouTube video
https://www.youtube.com · YouTube · disclosed 2016-04-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested rechargeable battery design lacked novelty and individual character because identical earlier battery designs had been disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›To support invalidity, the applicant relied on screenshots from a publicly accessible YouTube video uploaded on 24/04/2016 showing the Samsung INR18650-25R battery design.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the YouTube disclosure proven under Article 7(1) CDR and held that the contested design created the same overall impression as the prior battery design.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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