Invalidity · first instance · 2024-01-29
000120558
Contested design: 001284608-0008
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay 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 001284608-0008 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
DoubleEagle Industry (China) Ltd.via PDF extraction
Hong Kong (HK)
Unit B 8/F, Henfa Commercial Building, 348-350 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Lego A/S
Denmark (DK)
Aastvej 1, 7190 Billund, Denmark
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Angle Plate 1x2 - 2x2 / Bracket toy building block
LEGO element No 92411 / 44728; set No 4993 "Cool Convertible" · Brickset / BrickLink / LEGO set release in the United Kingdom · disclosed 2008-06-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, arguing the contested LEGO bracket reproduced an earlier 2008 toy building block and that the only difference was technically driven.
- ›The holder disputed the prior-art evidence and argued the designs were structurally inverted, with differences in studs, mounting elements, and surfaces that the informed user would immediately perceive.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier design from the combined Brickset and BrickLink evidence and found the underside depiction clear enough for comparison under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›It held that the designer retained meaningful freedom within interoperability constraints and that the inverted thicker plate and smooth thinner plate surface gave the contested design a different overall impression, so the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| 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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