Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-18
000121398
Contested design: 008533079-0003
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 008533079-0003 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 A/Svia PDF extraction
Denmark (DK)
Aastvej 1, 7190 Billund, Denmark
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Peiquan Caivia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 16, Paigouqian Road, Xiacun Village, Lianxia Town, Chenghai District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Qiang Zhou
Prior art cited (1)
toys
International design No DM/076 470-20 · WIPO Hague Express database / International Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2011-08-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over earlier international design DM/076 470-20 for toys, published before the contested filing date.
- ›Holder was invited to file observations but did not reply.
- ›The Division accepted the WIPO registration extract as sufficient disclosure and found the designer's freedom for toy figures generally high.
- ›Because the designs shared the same main shape and proportions, minor arm, head-knob, and color differences did not change the overall impression; the contested design lacked individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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