Invalidity · first instance · 2026-01-27
000130727
Contested design: 015061211-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 0150612110001 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 0150612110001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
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 (6)
caulking gun
CN 306898922 S · China National Intellectual Property Administration · disclosed 2021-10-26
caulking gun housing
CN 307024777 S · China National Intellectual Property Administration · disclosed 2021-12-24
multifunctional caulking gun
CN 308046871 S · China National Intellectual Property Administration · disclosed 2023-05-23
glue gun
CN 306429795 S · China National Intellectual Property Administration · disclosed 2021-04-02
sealant gun
CN 307574099 S · China National Intellectual Property Administration · disclosed 2022-09-30
glue gun
CN 308827075 S · China National Intellectual Property Administration · disclosed 2022-09-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested cordless glue-gun design lacked novelty and individual character over two earlier Chinese design patents and used four further Chinese design patents to show broad designer freedom.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of D1 and D2, found designer freedom limited for the cartridge barrel or frame but at least average for the housing, handle, trigger and lever, and compared overall impressions directly.
- ›It held that visible differences in the gun head, handle, battery receptacle, patterns, trigger and lever outweighed the shared barrel, rod and colour scheme, so the invalidity application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| 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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