Invalidity · first instance · 2021-01-29
000113001
Contested design: 007959689-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 007959689-0001 is declared invalid.
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 Weilifang Infants and Children Products Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 601, 6th Floor, Jinlina Hotel Management Limited, South Side of Yuting Road, Chenghai District, Shantou City, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
José Izquierdo Faces
Prior art cited (1)
figurines [toys]
RCD No 002006437-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2012-03-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested toy robot design matched the holder's earlier RCD from 2012 and therefore lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›It also relied on the LEGO Minifigure design history, while submitting eSearch extracts of the earlier RCD published in the Community Designs Bulletin as evidence.
- ›The holder filed no observations, and the Division accepted the earlier RCD's bulletin publication as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Comparing the designs, the Division found only minor colour and slimness differences, insufficient to alter the overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested RCD was declared invalid for lack of individual character, with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
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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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