Invalidity · first instance · 2025-08-01
000124975
Contested design: 003384643-0007
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen EU-Geschmacksmusters Nr. 003384643-0007 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten der Inhaberin, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werde.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Tianli Electrical Machinery (Ningbo) Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Holder · RCD owner
WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
Germany (DE)
Minden, Deutschland
Prior art cited (3)
Offenlegungsschrift der Patentanmeldung für eine Leiterplattenklemme mit Betätigungshebel
DE 10 2014 114 026 A1 · DPMA · disclosed 2016-03-31
Auszug der EUIPO-Datenbank zu einem älteren Unionsgeschmacksmuster
001024517-0016 · EUIPO database · disclosed 2008-11-11
Auszug zu einer chinesischen Designeintragung
CN 303143222 S · Chinese intellectual property office database · disclosed 2015-03-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested design was dictated solely by technical function and lacked novelty and individual character over D1, D2 and D3.
- ›The holder said aesthetic choices remained, D1 fell within the Article 7(2) grace period, D2 and D3 created different overall impressions, and D3 was initially challenged for lack of translation.
- ›The Division rejected the restitutio request but admitted the late submission as a clarifying supplement under its discretion.
- ›On the merits, it found not all visible features were exclusively technically dictated, excluded D1 under Article 7(2), and held D2 and D3 produced different overall impressions and were not identical.
- ›The invalidity application was dismissed in full and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberThorsten ICKENROTH
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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