Invalidity · first instance · 2025-11-25
000129370
Contested design: 008408629-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered EU design No 008408629-0001 is declared invalid; the holder bears 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 008408629-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
BVDV B.V.via PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Utrecht, Netherlands
Holder · RCD owner
Knaap Bikes B.V.via PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Ter Aar, Netherlands
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
bicycle
CN 304847733 S · China patent database · disclosed 2018-10-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier designs, relying in particular on Chinese design patent CN 304847733 S.
- ›Holder argued the Chinese publication had not become known to the relevant EU circles, challenged the proof of disclosure, and said the frame differences were significant.
- ›The Invalidity Division found the Chinese patent publication disclosed the prior design under Article 7(1) EUDR and rejected the holder's objection to disclosure.
- ›With at least average design freedom, the contested frame created the same overall impression as the prior design, so the application was upheld and the RCD declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
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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