Invalidity · first instance · 2025-09-04
000126624
Contested design: 003475052-0002
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene EU-Geschmacksmuster Nr. 003475052-0002 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
KWB Germany GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Stuhr, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon product page showing a tool and bit holder from the iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit
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 that the contested tool holder lacked novelty and individual character over D1 and that its features were dictated solely by technical function.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure of D1, argued the first delivery occurred later, said alternative designs were possible, and invoked the Article 7(2) grace period.
- ›The Division rejected the technical-function ground, finding the colour and arrangement of recesses were not shown to be exclusively technically determined.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as an internet disclosure available since 2015-11-21, found no different overall impression for the informed user, and declared the design invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberThorsten ICKENROTH
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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