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Resting on Reddy and DePaoli, plaintiff requests that the Court reject defendant’s proposed construction and reserve any issues of functionality for a later time. Lu brings suit for two counts of patent infringement of United States patents numbers US D529,842 S (“the ’842 patent”) and US D556,642 S (“the ’642 patent”), each of which relates to the ornamental design of a bicycle. Plaintiff seeks judgment that has infringed the two patents in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271, damages to compensate plaintiff for the infringement, trebled under 35 U.S.C. § 284 due to the willfulness of the alleged infringement and attorney’s fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285. On the performance side of things, the Ultra is fairly decent, packing a 250W hub-integrated motor. This motor is capable of propelling this electric two-wheeler to a top speed of 20 miles per hour with pedal assist.
This year has seen the launch of a number of lightweight, all-rounder road racing bikes that can hit the UCI’s minimum weight limit of 6.8kg. Plaintiff’s approach hews more closely to precedent, especially that of this district. As acknowledged by Judges Young and Woodlock, however, in Reddy and DePaoli, it would be well within the Court’s discretion to provide some verbal construction at a reduced level of detail than that proposed by defendant. The question in this case, therefore, is primarily the “level of detail” to be used in describing the claimed design, i.e. whether the Court should advert to the illustrations in the design patent or undertake an element-by-element description thereof.
If the minimum weight limit were to be removed, however, bikes such as the Specialized S-Works Aethos, which we’ve seen in a build as light as 4.7kg, could become a serious consideration for riders facing big days in the mountains. The parties disagree as to whether the Court should provide a verbal construction of the claimed design at all, or should instead advert to the pictorial representation thereof as shown in figures one through seven of each patent. Defendant argues for a verbal construction but plaintiff contends that illustrations will suffice. If minimum safety standards were incorporated into the UCI’s technical regulations, then a minimum bike weight limit could be rendered unnecessary. Speaking to BikeRadar in 2015, the UCI’s then-technical manager, Mark Barfield, acknowledged the UCI’s minimum bike weight limit “is a bit of a relic of the past”.
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Of course, you’re free to go beyond this speed, given that the rest of it comes from sheer leg power. Given a bike weighing at least 6.8kg doesn’t in itself guarantee its safety, it begs the question of whether there is even a need for a minimum weight limit. Given professional riders often push their body weight to the limit in pursuit of performance, it should perhaps come as no surprise many also demand the same of their equipment. Regardless of how big or small the performance gains are, though, many riders just want a lighter bike for the ‘vibes’.
On September 23, 2020, Fa-Hsing Lu, a citizen and resident of Taiwan, Republic of China, filed a patent infringement suit against hyper bicycles, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation with its principal place of business in New Jersey. Please note, a stock image is included to provide you with a visual snapshot of this item that we could not capture otherwise. View your cart to change product quantities, apply deal codes, or checkout.