Invalidity · first instance · 2026-02-23
000130722
Contested design: 015095621-0005
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 EU design No 015095621-0005 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 (3)
PLAYMOBIL toy figure
EU design No 002597815-0017 · EUIPO eSearch database · disclosed 2015-10-05
PLAYMOBIL toy figure
EU design No 002597815-0012 · EUIPO eSearch database · disclosed 2015-10-05
online toy-set and toy-figure images relied on as prior disclosures
Power Planet toy figure disclosures on Made-in-China and other websites · websites and Google image search results
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed lack of novelty and individual character over its earlier PLAYMOBIL designs and alleged additional internet disclosures of Power Planet toys.
- ›It also relied on earlier 3D and figurative trade marks and German copyright in the PLAYMOBIL figure to argue the contested toy figure used protected signs and an unauthorised work.
- ›The holder filed no observations; the Division accepted disclosure only of D1 and D2, found the contested figure created a different overall impression, and found the trade mark similarities too weak for confusion.
- ›The copyright claim failed for insufficient substantiation of German law and unclear identification of the protected work, so the invalidity application was rejected in full.
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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