Invalidity · first instance · 2026-01-27
000130726
Contested design: 015061211-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 720 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0150612110002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ningbo Conxin Electromechanical Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Qiang Qian
China (CN)
Wufengpu Town, Shaoyang County, Hunan Province, China
Represented by
Jesús Eladio Sánchez Silva
Prior art cited (5)
caulking gun housing
CN 307024777 S · China National Intellectual Property Administration · disclosed 2021-12-24
multifunctional caulking gun
CN 308046871 S · China · disclosed 2023-05-23
glue gun
CN 306429795 S · China · disclosed 2021-04-02
sealant gun
CN 307574099 S · China · disclosed 2022-09-30
glue gun
CN 308827075 S · China · disclosed 2022-09-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over earlier Chinese design patent CN 307024777 S and argued designers retained substantial freedom for glue and caulking guns.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier Chinese design patent had been validly disclosed and that the coinciding housing, handle, trigger and colour features dominated the overall impression.
- ›The barrel and rod differences were constrained and insufficient to change the informed user's overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| 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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