Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2019-10-16

R0029/2018-3

Contested design: 001284608-0005

CDRAppellant: applicant

Outcome

Other

The present appeal proceedings are suspended pending a final judgment by the General Court in Case T-515/19.

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Suspends the present proceedings until case T-515/19, pending before the General Court, is settled by a final judgment.

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Applicant · invalidity challenger

Delta Sport Handelskontor GmbHvia PDF extraction

Germany (DE)

Wragekamp 6, 22397 Hamburg, Germany

Represented by

Holder · RCD owner

Lego A/Svia PDF extraction

Denmark (DK)

Aastvej 1, 7190 Billund, Denmark

Represented by

Article 8(1)Article 8(3)Article 56Article 57Article 65(1)(e)

›The invalidity applicant (appellant) argued that all features of appearance of the Lego building block RCD are solely dictated by technical function under Article 8(1) CDR, citing the ECJ 'Lego Brick' judgment, and requested appointment of an independent expert.
›The design holder argued that technical function was not the sole factor determining the design features and that the brick belongs to a modular system protected under Article 8(3) CDR, making appointment of an expert unnecessary.
›The Board found the appeal admissible but considered it appropriate to suspend proceedings because the same legal and factual issues were pending before the General Court in Case T-515/19 (arising from a parallel related case R 31/2018-3).
›The Board suspended proceedings pending resolution of Case T-515/19 before the General Court, on grounds of good administration.

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