Invalidity · first instance · 2019-07-05
000104541
Contested design: 003482520-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
La demande en nullité est accueillie. Le dessin ou modèle communautaire enregistré nº 0034825200001 est déclaré nul. La titulaire supporte les frais exposés par la demanderesse, fixés à 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
LEGO Juris A/S
Denmark (DK)
Koldingvej 2, 7190 Billund, Danemark
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Chen Guangmingvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 12, Bumei revitalization of industrial Zone Guangyi street, Chenghai District Guangdong Province, 515 800 Shantou City, République populaire de Chine
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
Amazon offer showing a LEGO figurine
ASIN B01K8XHM2W · Amazon · disclosed 2016-08-11
three-dimensional figurine mark
EUTM application No 50 450 · EUIPO Official Bulletin · disclosed 1999-11-22
three-dimensional figurine mark
EUTM application No 50 518 · EUIPO Official Bulletin · disclosed 1999-11-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested toy figurine lacked novelty and individual character and conflicted with earlier LEGO figurine disclosures and EU trade mark rights.
- ›The applicant relied on an Amazon listing from 2016 and two earlier published three-dimensional EU trade mark applications showing LEGO figurines.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier figurine disclosures admissible and held that the contested design created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested RCD was declared invalid, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberJessica LEWIS
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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