Invalidity · first instance · 2022-11-28
000115528
Contested design: 008337372-0014
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay fixed costs of EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008337372-0014 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
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)
toy construction set element incorporated in LEGO piece No 11213 from set No 43192 'Cinderella’s Royal Carriage'
RCD No 002137190-0004 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2012-11-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested toy building element was function-driven and lacked individual character over earlier RCD 002137190-0004.
- ›The holder replied that Article 8(3) protected the design as part of a modular system and that visible differences created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division held that Article 8(3) prevented invalidity under Article 8(1) because the product formed part of an undisputed modular system.
- ›Comparing the prior and contested designs under Article 6, the Division found the denser arrangement was only a continuation of the same pattern and produced the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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