Invalidity · first instance · 2021-03-18
000112903
Contested design: 006373684-0025
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 006373684-0025 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 for the Spider-Man Car Chase interlocking toy bricks set
Toy construction set No 76133 · Applicant catalogues and retail/review websites including Amazon and Brickipedia
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested packaging design copied its earlier Spider-Man Car Chase set No 76133 packaging and lacked individual character.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted prior disclosure through catalogues and multiple websites showing the packaging before the April 2019 filing date.
- ›It found only minor differences and the same overall impression on the informed user, so individual character was absent.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was invalidated in full, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
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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