Invalidity · first instance · 2025-09-04
000126658
Contested design: 004675601-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application against EU design No 004675601-0001 is rejected and the applicants must pay EUR 400 in costs to the holder.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen EU-Geschmacksmusters Nr. 004675601-0001 wird zurückgewiesen. 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)
Earlier EU design for a tool holder / tool mat
EU design No 003475052-0002 · eSearch plus · disclosed 2016-11-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicants argued that the contested tool holder lacked individual character over earlier EU design D1 and that all of its features were solely dictated by technical function.
- ›The holder replied that the overall impression differed, design choices remained available, and the late non-unity ground was inadmissible.
- ›The Division found that the applicants had not shown that all features were exclusively functional, because colour and the arrangement of cut-outs still reflected design choices.
- ›Comparing D1 with the contested design, it found significant differences in orientation, number of recesses, and overall layout, leading to a different overall impression.
- ›The application was rejected and the applicants were ordered to pay the holder’s costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberThorsten ICKENROTH
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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