Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2020-12-07
R0068/2019-3
Contested design: 002256354-0007
Outcome
The contested decision is set aside, the invalidity application is rejected, and the invalidity applicant must bear the costs of the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Die angefochtene Entscheidung wird aufgehoben. Der Nichtigkeitsantrag wird zurückgewiesen. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten des Nichtigkeits- und des Beschwerdeverfahrens.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ningbo Degson Electronics Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 1585 Xiaolin Road, Cixi, Ningbo, Zhejiang 15321, Volksrepublik China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Hansastr. 27, 32423 Minden, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
electrical connector / printed-circuit-board terminal block
RCD No 1733239-0003 · Community Designs Register certificate
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The design holder appealed the invalidation of its electrical-connector RCD and argued that the prior design D1 did not create the same overall impression, especially regarding the actuation feature and housing shape.
- ›The invalidity applicant maintained that the connector was invisible in normal use, technically dictated, and lacked individual character over D1.
- ›The Board found that the informed user would notice the clear difference between the contested design's actuation openings and D1's actuation pushers, and that those visible differences still mattered in the overall impression.
- ›Because D1 did not destroy individual character, the appeal succeeded, the contested decision was annulled, and the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurE. Fink
- MemberC. Bartos
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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