Invalidity · first instance · 2022-11-11
000115563
Contested design: 001076178-0017
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected and the applicant must pay EUR 400 toward the holder's costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0010761780017 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.,Ltd
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)
toy building element known as a jumper plate
Lego piece No 2460 in sets No 1298 'Advent Calendar' and No 4701 'Sorting Hat' · Brickset / LEGO set pages
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the Lego jumper-plate design was dictated by technical function and lacked individual character over earlier Lego piece No 2460.
- ›The holder replied that the design contributed to the aesthetics of finished constructions, benefitted from the modular-system exception, and remained individually distinctive from the prior piece.
- ›The Division held that the interoperability features fell within the modular-system context so Article 8(1) could not invalidate the design, then found visible differences from piece No 2460 sufficient for a different overall impression.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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