Invalidity · first instance · 2026-02-10
000126939
Contested design: 000960844-0013
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen EU-Geschmacksmusters Nr. 000960844-0013 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)
Three-opening wire connector with a red or orange front shown in the Conrad catalog excerpt.
Conrad Profession Elektronik und Technik 2006 · disclosed 2006-12-31
Wire connector shown on archived tridonicatco-ct.com pages.
tridonicatco-ct.com (Wayback Machine) · disclosed 2007-10-14
Wire connector shown on archived tridonicatco-ct.com pages.
tridonicatco-ct.com (Wayback Machine) · disclosed 2007-10-14
Wire connector shown on archived tridonicatco-ct.com pages.
tridonicatco-ct.com (Wayback Machine) · disclosed 2007-10-14
Wire connector shown on archived tridonicatco-ct.com pages.
tridonicatco-ct.com (Wayback Machine) · disclosed 2007-10-14
Screwless junction-box terminal disclosed in figures 15 and 17.
DE 203 03 537 U1 · DPMA · disclosed 2003-06-18
In-Sure Push-In Wire Connector shown in the IDEAL catalog.
IDEAL Power Vol. 12 2004 · IDEAL · disclosed 2004-12-31
Wire connector shown in the Ideal catalog extracts in TW13.
Ideal catalog
Wire connector shown in the Ideal catalog extracts in TW13.
Ideal catalog
Wire connector shown in the Ideal catalog extracts in TW13.
Ideal catalog
Wire connector shown on archived mediagalaxy pages.
http://www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp · www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp (Wayback Machine)
Wire connector shown on archived mediagalaxy pages.
http://www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp · www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp (Wayback Machine)
Wire connector shown on archived mediagalaxy pages.
http://www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp · www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp (Wayback Machine)
Wire connector shown on archived mediagalaxy pages.
http://www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp · www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp (Wayback Machine)
Wire connector shown on archived mediagalaxy pages.
http://www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp · www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp (Wayback Machine)
Wire connector shown on archived mediagalaxy pages.
http://www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp · www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp (Wayback Machine)
Wire connector shown on archived mediagalaxy pages.
http://www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp · www5.mediagalaxy.co.jp (Wayback Machine)
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on numerous earlier connector designs and argued several visible features were technically driven.
- ›The holder disputed the alleged disclosures and comparisons, relied on national litigation and a comparable EUIPO decision, and maintained that the contested design remained new and individually distinctive.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure only for D1 to D17 and found that each earlier design created a different overall impression, especially because none showed the contested design's double row of eight openings.
- ›The grounds under Article 25(1)(b) EUDR failed, so the application was rejected and the applicant had to reimburse the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- 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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