Invalidity · first instance · 2020-07-02
000107321
Contested design: 006371787-0011
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0063717870011 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the 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’, 5, Stefanson str., 1220 Sofia, Bulgaria
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Packaging motif showing Ariel on a boat with a gangway and a floating island with Sebastian
LEGO Disney Ariel's Royal Celebration Boat Set No 41153 · Amazon.es / Amazon.co.uk product listings, supported by LEGO catalogues, YouTube, Brickipedia and brickinstructions.com · disclosed 2018-01-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested design copied the Ariel's Royal Celebration Boat packaging motif from LEGO set No 41153, disclosed before the filing date through catalogues and multiple websites.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure and reliability of the internet evidence, objected to untranslated materials, and maintained the contested design differed because it was a construction set rather than packaging.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the combined web and catalogue evidence as sufficient proof of pre-filing disclosure to specialised circles and rejected the holder's unsupported manipulation and accessibility objections.
- ›Comparing only the disclosed design features, the Division found the prior motif and contested design identical, so the RCD lacked novelty and had to be declared invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
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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