Invalidity · first instance · 2024-12-09
000120578
Contested design: 008074389-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD 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 008074389-0001 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, DK-7190 Billund Denmark
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Jolanta Świeca
Poland (PL)
Kwiatkowskiego 2/18, 62-500 Konin Poland
Prior art cited (3)
Amazon offer depicting a LEGO figurine
ASIN B01K8XHM2W · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2016-08-11
3D mark depicting a toy figurine
EUTM No 50 450 · EUTMs Bulletin · disclosed 1999-11-22
3D mark depicting a toy figurine
EUTM No 50 518 · EUTMs Bulletin · disclosed 1999-11-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over earlier toy-figurine designs and also invoked earlier 3D EUTM rights.
- ›The holder argued the figurines created a different overall impression, the market was saturated, interoperability constrained design freedom, and the earlier marks were weak or unused.
- ›The Division found the cited LEGO figurine mark design disclosed before filing, rejected the claimed technical or interoperability exclusions, and held the designer's freedom for toy figurines was high.
- ›Comparing the contested design mainly with D2, the Division found the same overall impression on the informed user and declared the contested design invalid without examining the remaining grounds.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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