Invalidity · first instance · 2026-02-10
000126936
Contested design: 000960844-0007
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected; the applicant must bear the holder's costs, fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen EU-Geschmacksmusters Nr. 000960844-0007 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten der Inhaberin, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Heavy Power Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
Taiwan (TW)
Taipei City, Taiwan
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
Germany (DE)
Minden, Deutschland
Prior art cited (17)
electrical wire connector with three front openings and a red/orange front
Conrad Profession Elektronik und Technik 2006 catalog · disclosed 2006-12-31
wire connector
tridonicatco-ct.com · tridonicatco-ct.com via Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2007-10-14
wire connector
tridonicatco-ct.com · tridonicatco-ct.com via Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2007-10-14
wire connector
tridonicatco-ct.com · tridonicatco-ct.com via Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2007-10-14
wire connector
tridonicatco-ct.com · tridonicatco-ct.com via Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2007-10-14
screwless junction-box connector
DE 203 03 537 U1 (Figs. 15 and 17) · DPMA · disclosed 2003-06-18
In-Sure Push-In Wire Connector
IDEAL Power Vol. 12 2004 catalog · disclosed 2004-12-31
wire connector
Ideal catalog extracts
wire connector
Ideal catalog extracts
wire connector
Ideal catalog extracts
wire connector
www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp · www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp via Internet Archive Wayback Machine
wire connector
www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp · www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp via Internet Archive Wayback Machine
wire connector
www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp · www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp via Internet Archive Wayback Machine
wire connector
www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp · www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp via Internet Archive Wayback Machine
wire connector
www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp · www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp via Internet Archive Wayback Machine
wire connector
www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp · www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp via Internet Archive Wayback Machine
wire connector
www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp · www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp via Internet Archive Wayback Machine
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on numerous earlier wire-connector designs and argued that several contested features were technically driven.
- ›The holder disputed the relevance and proof of the cited disclosures, compared the designs in detail, and maintained that the contested design remained new and had individual character.
- ›The Division accepted only part of the evidence as prior disclosures, found that exclusive technical functionality under Article 8(1) had not been invoked or proven, and assessed designer freedom as average.
- ›Each accepted prior design created a sufficiently different overall impression and none was identical to the contested design, so the invalidity application was rejected and costs were awarded to the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- 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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