Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-24
000124075
Contested design: 015005030-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; registered Community design No 015005030-0001 is declared invalid; the holder bears costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. 2. Se declara nulo el modelo comunitario registrado n.º 015005030-0001. 3. Las costas sufragadas por la titular, fijadas en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Lucasfilm Ltd. LLCvia PDF extraction
United States (US)
One Letterman Drive, San Francisco, CA 94129, Estados Unidos
Holder · RCD owner
Shanxi Jingyinglai E-Commerce Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 2106, Block A, Centurne City, n.º 119, Yingze West Street, Wanbailin Country, Taiyuan, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Star Wars robot character design 'BB-8'
https://shopdisney.de · shopdisney.de captured by Internet Archive · disclosed 2020-09-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested toy-robot design reproduced Lucasfilm's BB-8 character design disclosed before filing through film promotion and merchandise offers, so it lacked individual character.
- ›The holder was invited to file observations on the invalidity application but did not respond.
- ›The Division accepted the Internet Archive capture of the shopdisney.de BB-8 offer as prior disclosure under Article 7 and found broad designer freedom for toy robots.
- ›Because the designs were highly similar in body shape, head, antennas, eyes, colours and circular panels, the minor decorative differences did not change the overall impression; the RCD was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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