Invalidity · first instance · 2026-05-05
000129364
Contested design: 015029534-0004
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Der Antrag auf Erklärung der Nichtigkeit des eingetragenen EU-Geschmacksmusters Nr. 015029534-0004 wird zurückgewiesen. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten der Inhaberin, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Bticino s.p.avia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Varese (VA), Italien
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Wenzhou Haotian Electric Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Wenzhou, Zhenjiang, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (65)
BTicino LivingNow switch/socket plate configuration
Instagram · disclosed 2021-12-01
BTicino LivingNow switch/socket plate configuration
Instagram · disclosed 2021-08-04
BTicino LivingNow switch/socket plate configuration
Instagram · disclosed 2021-04-28
BTicino LivingNow switch/socket plate configuration
Instagram · disclosed 2021-04-06
BTicino LivingNow switch/socket plate configuration
Instagram · disclosed 2021-01-12
BTicino LivingNow switch/socket plate configuration
Instagram · disclosed 2021-01-12
BTicino LivingNow switch/socket plate configuration
Instagram · disclosed 2018-12-19
BTicino LivingNow switch/socket plate configuration
Instagram · disclosed 2020-03-11
BTicino LivingNow switch/socket plate configuration
Instagram · disclosed 2020-10-19
switch and plate configuration shown in YouTube video screenshots
YouTube · disclosed 2019-05-05
switch and plate configuration shown in YouTube video screenshots
YouTube
switch and plate configuration shown in YouTube video screenshots
YouTube · disclosed 2022-06-12
switch and plate configuration shown in YouTube video screenshots
YouTube · disclosed 2019-05-30
switch and plate configuration shown in YouTube video screenshots
YouTube
switch and plate configuration shown in YouTube video screenshots
YouTube
switch and plate configuration shown in YouTube video screenshots
YouTube
switch and plate configuration shown in YouTube video screenshots
YouTube
switch and plate configuration shown in YouTube video screenshots
YouTube
switch and plate configuration shown in YouTube video screenshots
YouTube
switch and plate configuration shown in YouTube video screenshots
YouTube
switch and plate configuration shown in YouTube video screenshots
YouTube
switch and plate configuration shown in YouTube video screenshots
YouTube
switch and plate configuration shown in YouTube video screenshots
YouTube · disclosed 2019-05-11
switch and plate configuration shown in YouTube video screenshots
YouTube
switch and plate configuration shown in YouTube video screenshots
YouTube
switch and plate configuration shown in YouTube video screenshots
YouTube
switch and plate configuration shown in YouTube video screenshots
YouTube
switches, sockets, plates, or their combinations from BTicino catalogs
BTicino catalog (05/2018 or 05/2021)
switches, sockets, plates, or their combinations from BTicino catalogs
BTicino catalog (05/2018 or 05/2021)
switches, sockets, plates, or their combinations from BTicino catalogs
BTicino catalog (05/2018 or 05/2021)
switches, sockets, plates, or their combinations from BTicino catalogs
BTicino catalog (05/2018 or 05/2021)
switches, sockets, plates, or their combinations from BTicino catalogs
BTicino catalog (05/2018 or 05/2021)
switches, sockets, plates, or their combinations from BTicino catalogs
BTicino catalog (05/2018 or 05/2021)
switches, sockets, plates, or their combinations from BTicino catalogs
BTicino catalog (05/2018 or 05/2021)
switches, sockets, plates, or their combinations from BTicino catalogs
BTicino catalog (05/2018 or 05/2021)
switches, sockets, plates, or their combinations from BTicino catalogs
BTicino catalog (05/2018 or 05/2021)
switches, sockets, plates, or their combinations from BTicino catalogs
BTicino catalog (05/2018 or 05/2021)
switches, sockets, plates, or their combinations from BTicino catalogs
BTicino catalog (05/2018 or 05/2021)
switches, sockets, plates, or their combinations from BTicino catalogs
BTicino catalog (05/2018 or 05/2021)
switches, sockets, plates, or their combinations from BTicino catalogs
BTicino catalog (05/2018 or 05/2021)
switches, sockets, plates, or their combinations from BTicino catalogs
BTicino catalog (05/2018 or 05/2021)
switches, sockets, plates, or their combinations from BTicino catalogs
BTicino catalog (05/2018 or 05/2021)
switches, sockets, plates, or their combinations from BTicino catalogs
BTicino catalog (05/2018 or 05/2021)
switches, sockets, plates, or their combinations from BTicino catalogs
BTicino catalog (05/2018 or 05/2021)
switches, sockets, plates, or their combinations from BTicino catalogs
BTicino catalog (05/2018 or 05/2021)
switches, sockets, plates, or their combinations from BTicino catalogs
BTicino catalog (05/2018 or 05/2021)
switches, sockets, plates, or their combinations from BTicino catalogs
BTicino catalog (05/2018 or 05/2021)
switches, sockets, plates, or their combinations from BTicino catalogs
BTicino catalog (05/2018 or 05/2021)
switches, sockets, plates, or their combinations from BTicino catalogs
BTicino catalog (05/2018 or 05/2021)
switches, sockets, plates, or their combinations from BTicino catalogs
BTicino catalog (05/2018 or 05/2021)
registered design for electric switch/socket plate components
RCD No 003531334-0014 · EUIPO design database · disclosed 2019-01-23
registered design for electric switch/socket plate components
RCD No 003531334-0023 · EUIPO design database · disclosed 2019-01-23
registered design for electric switch/socket plate components
RCD No 003531334-0025 · EUIPO design database · disclosed 2019-10-22
registered design for electric switch/socket plate components
RCD No 004138253-0004 · EUIPO design database · disclosed 2019-10-22
electric switch/socket plate product shown on Amazon.it
ASIN B07FDB9PP7 · Amazon.it · disclosed 2018-07-10
electric switch/socket plate product shown on Amazon.it
ASIN B0C2ZBNNS3 · Amazon.it · disclosed 2023-04-19
electric switch/socket plate product shown on Amazon.it
ASIN B07FXZ8XZD · Amazon.it · disclosed 2018-07-26
electric switch/socket plate product shown on Amazon.it
ASIN B07R2J8Q1C · Amazon.it · disclosed 2019-04-19
electric switch/socket plate product shown on Amazon.it
ASIN B07F2KX624 · Amazon.it · disclosed 2018-06-27
electric switch/socket plate product shown on Amazon.it
ASIN B07GPPR93D · Amazon.it · disclosed 2018-08-21
electric switch/socket plate product shown on Amazon.it
ASIN B0B751MF9J · Amazon.it · disclosed 2022-09-07
electric switch/socket plate configuration
electric switch/socket plate configuration
electric switch/socket plate configuration
switch plate configuration with and without rotary light control
web articles / hyperlinks · disclosed 2019-03-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over BTicino LivingNow prior designs and also alleged unauthorized use of an Italian copyright-protected design work.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure and identification of the cited prior designs, argued the rear structure must be considered, denied any matching overall impression, and challenged the copyright basis.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure for many but not all cited designs, compared them individually rather than as a modular combination, and found none created the same overall impression or disclosed an identical design.
- ›The copyright ground also failed because the applicant did not prove authorship or chain of title to the alleged work, so the invalidity application was rejected with costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailé SAKALAITE-ORLOVSKIENE
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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