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Applicant-side representative
Taylor Wessing
20 first-instance invalidity cases · 2018–2026 · 45% win rate
Cases
20
Invalidated
9
Lost
11
Win rate
45%
Median costs
€400
Win rate by year
2018
100%1/1 merits
2019
50%1/2 merits
2020
100%4/4 merits
2021
50%1/2 merits
2022
100%1/1 merits
2025
100%1/1 merits
2026
0%0/9 merits
Bar = win rate; faint right-hand bar = case volume that year.
Most-practised sectors
- 13Equipment for production of electricity9
- 26Lighting apparatus6
- 24Medical & laboratory3
- 20Sales & advertising equipment1
- 21Games, toys, tents & sports1
Most-invoked grounds
- Article 25(1)(b)20
- Article 716
- Article 6(1)(b)14
- Article 4(1)12
- Article 5(1)(b)10
- Article 47
Most-represented clients
- Heavy Power Co., Ltd.9 cases · 0/9 won
- Eglo Leuchten GmbH5 cases · 3/5 won
- Constanze Grabo3 cases · 3/3 won
- Marketing Systems International, spol. s r.o.1 case · 1/1 won
- Shenzhen Taiden Industrial Co., LTD.1 case · 1/1 won
- Taylor Wessing Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB1 case · 1/1 won
Most-frequent opposing parties
- WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH9 cases · prevailed 9×
- Presspart Manufacturing S.A.3 cases
- KARE Design GmbH2 cases · prevailed 1×
- Ningbo Xinfeng Lighting Tech. Co., Ltd.2 cases · prevailed 1×
- Relkon Hellas S.A.1 case
Most-frequent opposing holder-side firms
- Meissner Bolte Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB9 cases · they prevailed 9×
- Uexküll & Stolberg Partnerschaft von Patent- und Rechtsanwälten mbB3 cases
- JLA Avocats2 cases · they prevailed 1×
- Mitscherlich, Patent- und Rechtsanwälte, PartmbB2 cases · they prevailed 1×
- Cape IP Law1 case
Recent decisions
| Date | Case | Holder | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-10 | 000126935 | WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH | Application rejected (holder wins) |
| 2026-02-10 | 000126940 | WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH | Application rejected (holder wins) |
| 2026-02-10 | 000126939 | WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH | Application rejected (holder wins) |
| 2026-02-10 | 000126938 | WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH | Application rejected (holder wins) |
| 2026-02-10 | 000126936 | WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH | Application rejected (holder wins) |
| 2026-02-10 | 000126925 | WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH | Application rejected (holder wins) |
| 2026-02-10 | 000126924 | WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH | Application rejected (holder wins) |
| 2026-02-10 | 000126923 | WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH | Application rejected (holder wins) |
| 2026-02-10 | 000126922 | WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH | Application rejected (holder wins) |
| 2025-03-18 | 000124698 | Relkon Hellas S.A. | Invalidated (total) |
| 2022-09-23 | 000118098 | Power Beauty (Dongguan) Industrial Co., Ltd. | Invalidated (total) |
| 2021-11-12 | 000108361 | Ningbo Xinfeng Lighting Tech. Co., Ltd. | Invalidated (total) |