Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2022-07-20
R2028/2021-3
Contested design: 008028385-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed and the appellant must bear the respondent’s costs.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Die Beschwerde wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Beschwerdeführerin trägt die Kosten der Beschwerdegegnerin.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
LEGO Juris A/Svia PDF extraction
Denmark (DK)
Koldingvej 2, 7190 Billund, Dänemark
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guangdong Xingbao Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Longtan Industrial Area, Shangxiang Village, Lianshang Town, Chenghai District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province, Volksrepublik China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
LEGO FRIENDS toy figure
International design No 76470-0019 · International Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2011-08-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The design holder maintained that its toy figure should be assessed as a building-block figure with constrained design freedom and that it produced a different overall impression from LEGO’s earlier design.
- ›LEGO argued that the relevant sector was toy figures in general and that the earlier FRIENDS figure D1 created the same overall impression despite small detail differences.
- ›The Board found that the shared proportions, head and torso profile, arm and hand shapes, skirted lower body and feet dominated the comparison, while differences such as ears, the top head element, skirt details and shoes were only minor.
- ›The appeal was dismissed and the design holder was ordered to bear the respondent’s costs.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurC. Bartos
- MemberE. Fink
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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