Invalidity · first instance · 2019-11-05
000107359
Contested design: 005658044-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 005658044-0001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Lego Juris A/Svia PDF extraction
Denmark (DK)
Koldingvej 2, 7190 Billund, Denmark
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shantou Pengrui Electronic Technology Co., Ltd
China (CN)
Road West, Shang Xiang Village Industrial Zone, Lianshang, Chenghai District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
3D trade mark depicting a toy figure (LEGO Minifigure)
EUTM No 50 450 · EUTM Bulletin No 1999/092 · disclosed 1999-11-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested toy-figure RCD lacked individual character over the long-marketed LEGO Minifigure and also invoked earlier EUTM rights.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the prior design through the published 3D EUTM application and found broad designer freedom for toy figurines.
- ›It held that the contested design's differences were minor and did not alter the overall impression, so the RCD lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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