Invalidity · first instance · 2021-03-12
000112807
Contested design: 006371787-0023
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 006371787-0023 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 and depicted scene for interlocking toy bricks set 'The Pirate Ship Adventure' No 21152
Toy construction set No 21152 packaging and scene shown in January 2019 catalogue excerpts and websites including brickipedia.fandom.com · Brickipedia and retail/internet websites · disclosed 2019-01-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested design exactly reproduced the arrangement of design elements from LEGO's January 2019 Pirate Ship Adventure set No 21152 packaging, with only the background removed.
- ›Holder filed no response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the applicant's catalogues and internet evidence sufficient to prove pre-filing public disclosure of the packaging and scene under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Because the contested design reproduced every feature of the earlier disclosed design, it lacked novelty under Article 5(1)(b) CDR and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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| 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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