Invalidity · first instance · 2025-11-11
000130123
Contested design: 009160377-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 720.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0091603770002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shaoguan Fengsui Network Technology Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shaoguan, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Holder · RCD owner
Zhiguo Pan
China (CN)
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon.de offer for 'Bicycle Grips' by Lawen Creative
ASIN B0B3TDLK9N · Amazon.de · disclosed 2022-06-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested bicycle-grip design lacked novelty and individual character and relied on an earlier Amazon.de product listing disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.de listing as prior disclosure, found at least average designer freedom, and considered the designs essentially the same in shape, proportions, features, and colour.
- ›The contested design created the same overall impression on the informed user as the prior design, so it lacked individual character under Article 6 EUDR.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to bear the costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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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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