Invalidity · first instance · 2022-07-15
000115970
Contested design: 008371512-0001
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 008371512-0001 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
Guangdong Loongon Animation & Culture Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
The east of Ningchuanbei Road and the north of Dengfeng Road, Chenghai New District, Chenghai Shantou, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Maria Alicia Izquierdo Blanco
Prior art cited (3)
toy figure "LEGO Set fig-006172 Harry Potter, Open Dark Blue Jacket, Medium Legs"
https://rebrickable.com/minifigs/fig-006172/harry-potter-open-dark-blue-jacket-medium-legs/#parts · rebrickable.com; 2019 LEGO trade catalogue
earlier EUTM cited under Article 25(1)(e) CDR
EUTM No 50 450
earlier EUTM cited under Article 25(1)(e) CDR
EUTM No 50 518
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over earlier toy-figure disclosures and also invoked earlier EUTM rights under Article 25(1)(e) CDR.
- ›The holder argued the figures created different overall impressions, several shared features were common or technically driven, and the toy-figure sector was crowded.
- ›The Division found the earlier LEGO figure had been disclosed before the filing date, the designer's freedom was at least average, and the similarities outweighed the minor differences.
- ›The contested design produced the same overall impression as the earlier design, so it lacked individual character and the application was upheld without examining the alternative ground.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENÉ
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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