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Holder-side representative
H&A
12 first-instance invalidity cases · 2023–2026 · 16.7% win rate
Cases
12
Defended
2
Lost
10
Win rate
16.7%
Median costs
€750
Win rate by year
2023
0%0/1 merits
2024
33.3%1/3 merits
2025
0%0/6 merits
2026
50%1/2 merits
Bar = win rate; faint right-hand bar = case volume that year.
Most-practised sectors
- 06Furnishing2
- 21Games, toys, tents & sports2
- 26Lighting apparatus2
- 04Brushes & brushware1
- 07Household goods1
- 08Tools & hardware1
Most-invoked grounds
- Article 25(1)(b)12
- Article 4(1)9
- Article 6(1)(b)9
- Article 7(1)7
- Article 5(1)(b)4
- Article 74
Most-represented clients
- ZhiAo Zhou2 cases · 0/2 won
- Jie Huang1 case · 0/1 won
- Oleksandr Butsko1 case · 0/1 won
- Shenzhen Changyu Technology Co., Ltd.1 case · 1/1 won
- Shenzhen Hefengjiada Technology Co., Ltd1 case · 0/1 won
- Shenzhen Jiaxiye Technology Co., Ltd.1 case · 0/1 won
Most-frequent opposing parties
- 4u Retail1 case · prevailed 1×
- Hui Yao1 case
- Jinhua Gordon Sports CO., LTD.1 case · prevailed 1×
- Kartell S.p.A.1 case · prevailed 1×
- Keter Home and Garden Products Ltd.1 case · prevailed 1×
- LAVATELLI S.R.L.1 case · prevailed 1×
Most-frequent opposing applicant-side firms
- Metida2 cases · they prevailed 2×
- Bardehle Pagenberg Partnerschaft mbB Patentanwälte, Rechtsanwälte1 case · they prevailed 1×
- Jacobacci & Partners S.p.A.1 case · they prevailed 1×
- KBN IP Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB1 case · they prevailed 1×
- Merx Patentes y Marcas, S.L.P.1 case · they prevailed 1×
- Schnick & Garrels1 case
Recent decisions
| Date | Case | Applicant | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 000131627 | Hui Yao | Application rejected (holder wins) |
| 2026-03-18 | 000131088 | LAVATELLI S.R.L. | Invalidated (total) |
| 2025-11-19 | 000130126 | Jinhua Gordon Sports CO., LTD. | Invalidated (total) |
| 2025-11-07 | 000129703 | Pingyou Deng | Invalidated (total) |
| 2025-07-04 | 000128179 | 4u Retail | Invalidated (total) |
| 2025-05-05 | 000125835 | Yikai Tang | Invalidated (total) |
| 2025-03-31 | 000127516 | Leifheit AG | Invalidated (total) |
| 2025-02-10 | 000126795 | Shenzhen Yu Xuan Technology Co., Ltd | Invalidated (total) |
| 2024-11-18 | 000126536 | Kartell S.p.A. | Invalidated (total) |
| 2024-04-08 | 000123357 | Liu Rongping | Invalidated (total) |
| 2024-04-08 | 000121258 | Smart Design GmbH | Application rejected (holder wins) |
| 2023-11-21 | 000121934 | Keter Home and Garden Products Ltd. | Invalidated (total) |