Invalidity · first instance · 2025-07-28
000127958
Contested design: 007304225-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design 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 EU design No 007304225-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Rhino Rack Australia Pty Limitedvia PDF extraction
AU
Eastern Creek, Australia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ikamper Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
South Korea (KR)
Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
iKamper Skycamp rooftop tent shown in YouTube screenshots and archived website capture
https://www.youtube.com; https://www.ikamper.com · YouTube / Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2018-02-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity because the contested rooftop tent lacked novelty and individual character after the holder disclosed the same design online in February 2018.
- ›The holder filed observations late and requested continuation of proceedings, but those observations were disregarded because continuation was unavailable in invalidity proceedings at that time.
- ›The Division accepted the YouTube and Wayback Machine evidence as public disclosure and found only minor, functional, or non-impactful differences between the prior and contested designs.
- ›The contested design created the same overall impression on the informed user, so it lacked individual character and was declared invalid in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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