Invalidity · first instance · 2020-06-16
000107339
Contested design: 005652468-0022
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 005652468-0022 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 005652468-0022 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)
toy construction set 'Katana V11 Boat'
LEGO No 70638 · Amazon.fr; LEGO customer and distributor catalogues; John Lewis; Toys R Us · disclosed 2017-12-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, arguing the contested design reproduced LEGO toy set No 70638 'Katana V11 Boat' disclosed before filing.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure, challenged the reliability of untranslated and internet-based evidence, and submitted no supporting evidence of its own.
- ›The Division found the internet and catalogue evidence reliable in the round and sufficient to prove prior disclosure of design No 70638 before the contested filing date.
- ›Comparing the disclosed features, the Division held that all features of the contested RCD were present in the earlier design, so the RCD lacked novelty.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to bear the applicant's costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
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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