Invalidity · first instance · 2022-07-26
000117854
Contested design: 008642185-0001
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 008642185-0001 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 Sembo Culture Industry Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Tangxia Nanhan Garden, Xiachen Village, Shanghua Town, Chenghai District,, Shantou City, Guangdong, China
Prior art cited (1)
toy figure shape
EUTM registration No 50 450 · European Union Trade Marks Bulletin · disclosed 1999-11-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on earlier EUTM registration No 50 450 and also invoking Article 25(1)(e) CDR.
- ›The holder was invited to file observations but did not respond.
- ›The Division found the earlier EUTM publication sufficient to establish disclosure before the contested design's filing date.
- ›Comparing the toy figures, the Division held that minor differences in the head back and front of the legs did not alter the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6(1)(b), so the Article 25(1)(e) ground was not examined.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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