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Lorenz Seidler Gossel Rechtsanwälte Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB

13 first-instance invalidity cases · 2023–2025 · 84.6% win rate

As applicant (13)As holder (16)

Cases

13

Invalidated

11

Lost

2

Win rate

84.6%

Median costs

€750

Win rate by year

2023
100%9/9 merits
2025
50%2/4 merits

Bar = win rate; faint right-hand bar = case volume that year.

Most-practised sectors

  • 07Household goods6
  • 02Clothing & haberdashery2
  • 13Equipment for production of electricity2
  • 26Lighting apparatus2
  • 15Machines1
  • 31Food preparation1

Most-invoked grounds

  • Article 25(1)(b)13
  • Article 4(1)12
  • Article 6(1)(b)12
  • Article 7(1)9
  • Article 5(1)(b)3
  • Article 73

Most-represented clients

Most-frequent opposing parties

Most-frequent opposing holder-side firms

Recent decisions

DateCaseHolderOutcome
2025-08-01000124975WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbHApplication rejected (holder wins)
2025-07-14000124937WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbHApplication rejected (holder wins)
2025-06-23000125696Skywell Automobile Co., LtdInvalidated (total)
2025-06-23000125715Skywell Automobile Co., LtdInvalidated (total)
2023-05-04000118324Birkenstock IP GmbHInvalidated (total)
2023-04-28000120039Chuang-Kang Machinery Technology Co., LtdInvalidated (total)
2023-04-28000120060Chuang-Kang Machinery Technology Co., LtdInvalidated (total)
2023-04-28000120059Chuang-Kang Machinery Technology Co., LtdInvalidated (total)
2023-04-26000120058Chuang-Kang Machinery Technology Co., LtdInvalidated (total)
2023-04-25000120870Chuang-Kang Machinery Technology Co., LtdInvalidated (total)
2023-04-24000120038Chuang-Kang Machinery Technology Co., LtdInvalidated (total)
2023-04-24000118323Birkenstock IP GmbHInvalidated (total)