Invalidity · first instance · 2026-02-23
000130701
Contested design: 015095621-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 015095621-0001 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
geobra Brandstätter Stiftung & Co. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Zirndorf, Germany
Represented by
Sebastian Eckhardt
Holder · RCD owner
Shengzhi Jiang
China (CN)
Shantou City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Emilio Zeininger
Prior art cited (7)
PLAYMOBIL hockey-player toy figure
EU design No 002597815-0017 · EUIPO eSearch database / publication · disclosed 2015-10-05
PLAYMOBIL hockey-player toy figure
EU design No 002597815-0012 · EUIPO eSearch database / publication · disclosed 2015-10-05
Power Planet toy figures and toy sets allegedly showing the same figure design
Power Planet / Made-in-China webpages and Google image search results · Made-in-China, retailer websites, and Google image search results · disclosed 2023-11-15
3D PLAYMOBIL toy figure mark
German trade mark No 39 955 349 · German trade mark register · disclosed 2001-12-11
3D PLAYMOBIL toy figure mark
International registration No 778 306 designating the EU · WIPO Madrid Monitor / EU designation · disclosed 2010-10-19
3D PLAYMOBIL toy figure mark
EUTM No 10 065 258 · EUIPO eSearch database · disclosed 2011-06-21
figurative stylised PLAYMOBIL face mark
EUTM No 4 198 792 · EUIPO eSearch database · disclosed 2004-12-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier PLAYMOBIL toy-figure designs and alleged internet disclosures of Power Planet figures, and also invoked PLAYMOBIL trade marks and German copyright.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of D1 and D2 but rejected the internet evidence, and found the hockey-player prior designs and the contested office-worker figure created different overall impressions.
- ›It also found no confusing use of the cited trade marks and held the copyright claim unsubstantiated, so the application was rejected and EUR 400 in costs was awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
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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