Invalidity · first instance · 2026-07-02
000132545
Contested design: 015121682-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected; the applicant bears the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 0151216820002 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder's costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Reto Production Limitedvia PDF extraction
Hong Kong (HK)
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Dongguan Juying Intelligent Electronics Co.,Ltd
China (CN)
Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Qiang Zhou
Prior art cited (3)
digital camera
2526450.2 · Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department
digital camera design
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOZ3vDhCnoQ/ · Instagram
digital camera design
https://www.kodak.retopro.co · kodak.retopro.co
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested camera design lacks novelty and individual character over Hong Kong design registration No 2526450.2 (registered 10/10/2025) and disclosures on Instagram and the holder's website, claiming the overall impressions do not differ.
- ›Holder did not submit observations and was undefended.
- ›The Division rejected all evidence: the HK certificate's registration date was backdated to the filing date, not the publication date; the Instagram 'September 9' date lacked a year and was ambiguous; the website printout only showed a print date of 23/12/2025 (post-filing); and the internet images were not clearly identical to the HK registered design.
- ›Application rejected as none of the evidence proved effective disclosure of a prior design before the contested design's filing date of 29/10/2025.
Deciding panel
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberGailé SAKALAITÉ
Decision files
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| 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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