Invalidity · first instance · 2025-05-14
000127635
Contested design: 015022558-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0150225580001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jakob Raidervia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Möttingen, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yigen Yang
China (CN)
Wenzhou, Zhejiang China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon offer depicting a safety lock for bicycles together with its keys
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B 0BV 2SF CLR · Amazon.de · disclosed 2023-02-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested bicycle lock design lacked novelty and individual character because it copied earlier handcuff-style bicycle locks sold for years.
- ›Applicant relied on an Amazon.de offer with ASIN B 0BV 2SF CLR showing the product available from 07/02/2023; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as prior disclosure and found the informed user would see no different overall impression from the earlier design.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) EUDR; the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
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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