Invalidity · first instance · 2026-02-10
000126940
Contested design: 000960844-0009
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. 000960844-0009 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 disclosed in catalogs, websites, patents, and utility-model materials.
- ›The holder argued that the cited disclosures did not defeat registration, disputed the applicant's weighting of technical features, and maintained that the contested design remained new and had individual character.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure only for D1 to D17, rejected several other materials as insufficient, post-dated, grace-period, or procedurally inadmissible, and found Article 8(1) was not a pleaded ground.
- ›Comparing each accepted earlier design separately, the Division found clear differences in proportions, front openings, insert framing, and overall shape, so the contested design kept novelty and individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected in full, and the applicant was ordered to reimburse the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
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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