Invalidity · first instance · 2022-09-05
000115429
Contested design: 001284608-0009
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0012846080009 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Guangdong Qman Toys Industry Co.,Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Intersection of West Side of Xingye West 2nd Road and North Side of Xingye South Road, Laimei Industrial Zone, Chenghai District, Shantou, Guangdong 515000, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Lego A/S
Denmark (DK)
Aastvej 1, 7190 Billund, Denmark
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Screenshot depicting the design of Lego Bracket 44728, invoked as the prior design.
www.bricklink.com; Lego Bracket 44728 · BrickLink
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over the earlier Lego Bracket 44728 and argued that all visible features were solely dictated by technical function.
- ›The holder argued that the cited prior design created a different overall impression, that aesthetic choices informed the contested design, and that modular-system protection under Article 8(3) CDR applied.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted disclosure of the BrickLink prior design but found that Article 8(1) CDR could not invalidate the design because the block formed part of a modular system covered by Article 8(3) CDR.
- ›On individual character, the Division found the compared block designs differed in orientation, proportions, plate layout, and stud arrangement, producing a different overall impression.
- ›The application was rejected in full and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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