Invalidity · first instance · 2021-03-12
000112890
Contested design: 006371787-0028
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
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 006371787-0028 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 scene for the 'Spider-Man's Spider Crawler' interlocking toy bricks set
Toy set No 76114 · brickipedia.fandom.com and retail websites · disclosed 2018-11-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested design reproduced the arrangement of design elements shown on the packaging of its Spider-Man's Spider Crawler toy set No 76114, differing only by removal of the background.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not respond to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the applicant had sufficiently proved pre-filing public disclosure of the packaging scene through retail websites, internet advertising, and online reviews before 8 April 2019.
- ›Comparing the disclosures, the Division found the contested design identical to the earlier design except for immaterial tiny flying objects, so the RCD lacked novelty.
- ›The application was upheld on Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4(1) and 5(1)(b) CDR, and the Division did not examine the individual-character ground further.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
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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