Invalidity · first instance · 2019-09-06
000106320
Contested design: 002435081-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid, and each party bears its own costs.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 002435081-0001 is declared invalid. Each party bears its own costs.
CostsEach party bears its own costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
LEGO Juris A/S
Denmark (DK)
Koldingvej 2, 7190 Billund, Denmark
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Filip i S-ka ‘Dromader’ Spółka Jawnavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Pojezierska 90, 91 341 Łódź, Poland
Prior art cited (3)
LEGO City figurine
https://www.brickowl.com ; BOID 547840 · Brick Owl website
3D figurine mark
European Union trade mark registration No 50 450 · Official Bulletin of the Office · disclosed 1999-11-22
3D figurine mark
European Union trade mark registration No 50 518 · Official Bulletin of the Office · disclosed 1999-11-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested figurine lacked individual character over earlier LEGO figurines disclosed since 1978, including D1, and also conflicted with two earlier 3D EUTMs.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted D1 and the published 3D EUTMs as prior disclosures and compared the contested design first with D2 for procedural economy.
- ›Despite minor differences in head, torso, legs, and feet, the shared arbitrary features created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld for lack of individual character, and each party was ordered to bear its own costs on equity grounds.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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