Invalidity · first instance · 2025-10-14
000127575
Contested design: 015047643-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holders must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0150476430001 is declared invalid. 3. The holders bear the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yigen Yangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Holder · RCD owner
Wei Zhanvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
handcuff-shaped bicycle lock
Registered EU design No 0150225580001 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2023-06-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity because earlier Registered EU design No 0150225580001 had already been registered and published before the contested design's filing and priority dates.
- ›The holders argued the designs differed in shape, structure, and overall impression, and contended key handcuff-lock features were standard in the sector.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted disclosure of the earlier EU design, found broad designer freedom for bicycle locks, and held the shared arbitrary features outweighed the minor differences.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) EUDR, so the application was upheld and the design declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberThorsten ICKENROTH
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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