Invalidity · first instance · 2025-09-10
000126676
Contested design: 000836200-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application against EU design No 000836200-0001 is rejected and the applicant must pay EUR 400 in costs to the holder.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 000836200-0001 is rejected. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Elperium ApSvia PDF extraction
Denmark (DK)
Nørre Nebel, Denmark
Prior art cited (3)
Angle support bracket cited as an alternative fitting design
elworks.dk · elworks.dk
UNI-BRACKET PL fitting cited as an alternative design
billigVVS.dk · billigVVS.dk
LK mounting bracket for an LK PL box cited as an alternative design
avxperten.dk · avxperten.dk
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the mounting bracket was solely dictated by technical function and submitted an installation image plus examples of similar brackets.
- ›The holder replied that the applicant had not proved that every appearance feature was exclusively functional and pointed to alternative bracket forms.
- ›The Division found the invisibility argument unproven and held that the evidence did not show that the bracket’s shape and features were chosen only for functional reasons.
- ›Because the applicant failed to establish Article 8(1), the invalidity ground under Article 25(1)(b) was not made out.
- ›The application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay the holder’s costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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