Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-12
000127775
Contested design: 008546204-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 0085462040004 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
BRN S.R.L.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Forlimpopoli (FC), Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Invented Here B.V.
Netherlands (NL)
Ulft, Netherlands
Represented by
Prior art cited (7)
CB11009, CB7018 and CB8090 bags
RIGHTWAY 2017 catalogue · RIGHTWAY catalogue
TR81115 bag
TBG 2015-2016 catalogue · TBG paper catalogue 2015-2016
TR96015 bag
TBG 2015-2016 catalogue · TBG paper catalogue 2015-2016
City Me 13 bag
www.bergfreunde.it · bergfreunde.it · disclosed 2020-03-30
Aqua Back bag
Vague catalogue · Vague catalogue
Land's End bag
BROOKS 2015 catalogue · The Book for Cyclists, Brooks 2015
John O'Groats bag
BROOKS 2015 catalogue · The Book for Cyclists, Brooks 2015
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant alleged inconsistent views under Article 25(1)(a) and argued lack of novelty or, at least, lack of individual character over bags shown in D1-D4.
- ›Holder denied any inconsistency, challenged the dating and source linkage of most prior-art materials, and argued the cited bags could not support a valid comparison.
- ›The Division found the seven views reconcilable as one bag design and held that most D1-D4 materials were not sound proof of disclosure; only TR96015 from D2 was accepted for comparison.
- ›Comparing TR96015 with the contested design, the Division found clear differences in proportions, closure, handle and decoration, so the contested design remained novel and had individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
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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