Invalidity · first instance · 2026-04-02
000130884
Contested design: 015055345-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear 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 0150553450002 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
Songtao Yangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Yanzhou City, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yigen Yang
China (CN)
Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Riccardo Ciullo
Prior art cited (1)
CEIEVER E Scooter Lock
ASIN B0CC99JC6B · Amazon.de · disclosed 2023-07-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an Amazon listing for the CEIEVER E Scooter Lock disclosed before the filing date.
- ›Holder argued that design freedom was constrained in this sector and that the contested design differed in decoration, locking mechanism, cuff connection and branding.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as prior disclosure and assessed the designs from the perspective of an informed user of padlocks and code locks.
- ›It found the visual differences outweighed the common functional concept, so the prior design destroyed neither individual character nor novelty and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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