Invalidity · first instance · 2020-06-16
000107322
Contested design: 005652468-0008
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant’s fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 005652468-0008 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
MAR 2000 OOD
Bulgaria (BG)
JK ‘Nadejda’l, 5, Stefanson str., 1220 Sofia, Bulgaria
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
LEGO 'Snow Resort Ski Lift' toy set No 41324
Product No 41324 / ASIN B06W2KC5R5 · Amazon.co.uk, supported by LEGO catalogues, lego.com and brickinstructions.com · disclosed 2017-06-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested toy-set design reproduced LEGO set No 41324 'Snow Resort Ski Lift', disclosed before filing, so it lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure, challenged untranslated materials and the reliability of internet evidence, and filed no supporting evidence of its own.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the Amazon and corroborating catalogue and website materials as reliable proof that earlier design No 41324 had been made available to the public before filing.
- ›Comparing the disclosed features only, the Division found all features of the contested RCD present in the earlier design, held the RCD not novel under Article 5, and declared it invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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