Invalidity · first instance · 2025-02-19
000126959
Contested design: 015027768-0001
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 0150277680001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yami Zhongchuang(wenzhou) Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 404, Building 1, Yuele Mingyuan, Yuele West Street, Wutian Street, Ouhai district, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province 325000, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yigen Yang
China (CN)
Yanyi village, Xianyan street, Ouhai district, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Prior art cited (1)
firstsafe® Handcuff Lock for the E Scooter
ASIN B0BJ73LTKB · Amazon.de · disclosed 2023-02-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an earlier handcuff design marketed on Amazon before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, the informed user, or the comparison of the designs.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing and dated customer reviews as proof of prior disclosure of the earlier design under Article 7 CDR.
- ›It found the designs highly similar overall, with only minor differences in the logo and key bow, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was invalidated in full, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCristina SENERIO LLOVET
Decision files
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