Invalidity · first instance · 2025-08-29
000129040
Contested design: 015019816-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0150198160001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Wenzhou Ouhai Jizhou Lock Factoryvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Tomasz Tarski
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Yizhou Technology Co., Ltd
China (CN)
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Żuradzki
Prior art cited (3)
scooter padlock bracket
Amazon
scooter padlock bracket
CN 307780935 S · Chinese design patent publication · disclosed 2023-01-10
scooter padlock bracket
CN 219447190 U · China
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested design lacked novelty and individual character because the same or very similar scooter padlock bracket had been disclosed on Amazon and in Chinese registrations.
- ›Holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found publication of Chinese design patent CN 307780935 S on 2023-01-10 proved disclosure before the contested design's 2023-04-27 filing date.
- ›Minor differences in the mounting-hole insert, decoration, clamping arms, and colours/buttons did not alter the very similar overall bracket shape for the informed user.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) EUDR, so the application was upheld and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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