Invalidity · first instance · 2026-05-19
000128656
Contested design: 003151570-0004
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity against EU design No 003151570-0004 is rejected.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen EU-Geschmacksmusters Nr. 003151570-0004 wird zurückgewiesen.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Wasombouw B.V.via PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Kaatsheuvel, Niederlande
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Washtower IP B.V.
Netherlands (NL)
Hengelo, Niederlande
Prior art cited (3)
Unterschrank für Waschmaschinen mit einer ausziehbaren und abschließbaren Schublade zum Aufbewahren von Waschmittel
DE 203 02 572 U1 · DPMA · disclosed 2003-05-28
single washing-machine cabinet shown in a dated photo and website screenshot attributed to Woonvorm V.O.F.
former Woonvorm V.O.F. website · disclosed 2014-02-10
Nolte Küchen-Modul 2015
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character and argued that the design’s features were dictated solely by technical function.
- ›The holder argued the filing was abusive, denied disclosure or relevance of the cited prior designs, and said aesthetic choices excluded Article 8(1).
- ›The Division found no abuse, treated the Article 8(1) ground as admissible, but held the applicant had not shown the contested design was exclusively technically dictated.
- ›It accepted D1 as disclosed, rejected D2 and the later Nolte module as usable prior art, found D1 created a different overall impression, and rejected the application.
Deciding panel
- MemberIvan PRANDZHEV
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIvo TSENKOV
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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