Invalidity · first instance · 2025-01-21
000126495
Contested design: 015027794-0001
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 015027794-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Bo Zhangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.48, Shunli, Shuangqiao Street, Dinghai District, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Chunhui Jingvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Jingjiatun, Tantun village, Helong Town, Nong'an County, Changchun City, Jilin Province, China
Prior art cited (1)
Facebook post showing a tow hitch for bikes under the name "Tire-Velo / tow bike"
https://www.facebook.com · Facebook · disclosed 2020-11-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over an earlier tow hitch for bikes disclosed on Facebook in 2020.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not rebut disclosure or the applicant’s comparison of the designs.
- ›The Division found the Facebook post sufficiently proved disclosure and considered the informed user to perceive the same overall impression from the key design features.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Articles 25(1)(b), 4(1) and 6(1)(b) CDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCristina SENERIO LLOVET
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
Decision files
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