Invalidity · first instance · 2026-04-29
000129621
Contested design: 009011992-0001
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 0090119920001 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
Robits
Belgium (BE)
Kortrijk, Belgium
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Squar3D Aps
Denmark (DK)
Hadsten, Denmark
Represented by
Niels Uth
Prior art cited (2)
Article on legebyen.dk showing the alleged prior design 'round swing block'.
TOY^2 Track Connectors Review · legebyen.dk · disclosed 2021-03-10
Wayback Machine capture of the holder's website allegedly showing Toy^2 Track Connectors.
https://squar3d.dk · Wayback Machine · disclosed 2020-11-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character and argued that all design features were dictated by technical function and interconnection requirements.
- ›The holder replied that the cited disclosures showed earlier, different designs and that the contested design retained aesthetic choices and design freedom beyond pure function.
- ›The Invalidity Division held that Article 8(3) could protect the design as part of a modular system and that the applicant's evidence did not clearly disclose a prior design for comparison under Article 7.
- ›Because disclosure of the invoked prior design was not proven and the technical-function case failed, the invalidity application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
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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