Invalidity · first instance · 2020-10-29
000111581
Contested design: 007469846-0001
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
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 007469846-0001 is declared invalid. 3. 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
Zhihong Wang
China (CN)
9 Heng 3, Renmei, Renheli Village, Waisha Town, Longhu District Shantou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Marinos Cleanthous
Prior art cited (1)
LEGO Minifigure 3D trade mark / prior toy figurine design
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 lacked individual character over the long-disclosed LEGO Minifigure and also invoked earlier trade mark rights.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and left the applicant's disclosure and comparison arguments undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the published 3D EUTM application as prior disclosure and found broad designer freedom for toy figurines.
- ›It held that the many shared proportions and features outweighed minor differences, so the contested design created the same overall impression and lacked individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4(1) and 6, so the Article 25(1)(e) ground was not examined further.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- 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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