Invalidity · first instance · 2025-02-25
000126395
Contested design: 015053171-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015053171-0004 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Angrolup Srlvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Sat Dumbrava, Comuna Cornu Luncii, Str. Principala nr. 144, Suceava, Jud. Suceava, Romania
Holder · RCD owner
Wistron Industrial CO., LTDvia PDF extraction
SC
Victoria House 306, Victoria Mahe, Seychelles
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
screenshots of a prior rectangular container or package secured with black straps on a pallet-like base
https://www.youtube.com · YouTube · disclosed 2023-07-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, arguing that the same packaging method had long been publicly used and that the design was also dictated by technical function.
- ›The holder argued the contested freight container was new and individually distinctive, stressed structural differences from the prior design, and denied that the applicant's evidence proved identity or disclosure.
- ›The Division accepted the YouTube screenshots as prior public disclosure by at least 11 July 2023 and found the informed user would focus more on the shared rectangular strapped container on a pallet-like base than on the cited differences.
- ›The contested design did not create a different overall impression from the prior design, so it lacked individual character and was declared invalid; the Article 5 and Article 8 grounds were not examined further.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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