Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-08
000121575
Contested design: 015002292-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015002292-0001 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 Juris A/Svia PDF extraction
Denmark (DK)
Koldingvej 2, 7190 Billund, Denmark
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guangdong Loongon Animation & Culture Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
East of Ning Chuan Bei Road, North of Deng Feng Road Xin Shi District, Shantou, Guangdong, China
Prior art cited (1)
toy figurine
CN 303711692 S · China · disclosed 2016-06-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier Chinese design patent CN 303711692 S.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure, argued translation defects, claimed market saturation and interoperability constraints, and said the designs created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the Chinese prior design, rejected the asserted Article 8 exclusions and saturation evidence, and found the designer's freedom high.
- ›It held that the contested figurine produced the same overall impression as the prior design, so the application was upheld and the design invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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