Invalidity · first instance · 2026-05-15
000132127
Contested design: 015004526-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 720.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015004526-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Officine Parolin S.R.L.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Riese Pio x, Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Teraysun Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Beijing, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (1)
accessories for bicycles
EU design registration No 003435049-0001 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2016-10-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over its earlier EU design registration No 003435049-0001.
- ›Applicant argued bicycle racks allow broad design freedom and that the contested design reproduced the prior design's essential structure and overall impression.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier design was disclosed, bicycle-rack designer freedom was broad, and the differences were minor, so the contested design lacked individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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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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