Invalidity · first instance · 2025-08-28
000126617
Contested design: 004074763-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicants 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. 004074763-0001 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerinnen tragen die Kosten der Inhaberin, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
KWB Germany GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Stuhr, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon listing for an iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit showing a tool mat and lid
https://www.amazon.com/ifixit-pro-tech-toolkit.electronics/dp/B01GF0KV6G/; ASIN B01GF0KV6G · amazon.com · disclosed 2015-11-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicants argued the contested design lacked individual character, was dictated solely by technical function, and was not a single design because the views were inconsistent.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure of D1, maintained the compared designs created different overall impressions, denied exclusive technical functionality, and said the seven views all came from the same 3D file.
- ›The Division found the design was not exclusively technically dictated, because colour and the arrangement of recesses reflected design choices and alternative configurations were possible.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as publicly disclosed from 21 November 2015, but held the contested design produced a different overall impression and therefore retained individual character; the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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