Invalidity · first instance · 2022-12-15
000117132
Contested design: 002137190-0007
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 002137190-0007 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Markus Schaackvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Karl-Ferdinand-Braun-Straße 33, 50170 Kerpen, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Lego A/S
Denmark (DK)
Aastvej 1, 7190 Billund, Denmark
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
building block element from a toy building set
LEGO piece No. 50950 · brickset.com
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over earlier LEGO piece D1 and argued the design’s small differences would not change the overall impression.
- ›The holder accepted D1’s prior disclosure but argued differing proportions, dimensions, and the bottom view created a different overall impression.
- ›The Invalidity Division found designer freedom for modular toy elements was not severely limited and treated the claimed dimensional differences as insufficient to distinguish the designs.
- ›The Division concluded the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, upheld the application, and declared the design invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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