{"id":30869,"date":"2026-01-23T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kpw.law\/?p=30869"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:02:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:02:47","slug":"lego-loses-design-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpw.law\/en\/lego-loses-design-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGO loses design protection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull v4-pattern-hero v4-pattern-hero--post is-style-background-blend is-style-arrow has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light v4-pattern-hero__cover\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);min-height:75vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img data-dominant-color=\"cecf6e\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-30866 size-large not-transparent\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEGO-verliert-Designschutz-1-1024x576.jpg\" style=\"--dominant-color: #cecf6e; object-position:46% 75%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"46% 75%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEGO-verliert-Designschutz-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEGO-verliert-Designschutz-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEGO-verliert-Designschutz-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEGO-verliert-Designschutz-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEGO-verliert-Designschutz-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-base-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:5em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1d4b5d69 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-19e250f3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\r\n<h1 id=\"multirow-headline-block_188babfdfe48b36f0c25c2b246658555\" class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline\">\r\n    <div class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline\">\n\n<p class=\"has-gigantic-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">LEGO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-huge-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:15%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">loses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-gigantic-font-size wp-elements-11e18a9316d22d9a21d549c8bedf731a\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\"><span class=\"v4-marker-highlight-background\">Design protection<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div> \r\n<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-small-font-size is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-76c96157 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:italic;font-weight:300;text-transform:uppercase\"><div style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:300;text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-01-23T09:00:00+02:00\">23. January 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p>from<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:600;\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\">Clemens Pfitzer<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c93ec0be wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>How independent does a product design really have to be? And why are even visible differences sometimes not enough? <\/strong>  The EGC confirms: A rectangular Lego brick has no individual character compared to a square predecessor design. Duplication alone is not enough. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-worum-geht-s\">What is it all about?<\/h2>\n\n<p id=\"h-uberschrift\">Lego has failed in <a href=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/rechtsgebiet\/designrecht\/\">design law proceedings<\/a> before the General Court of the European Union (EGC) against the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). The Danish company wanted to prevent the invalidation of one of its EU designs for a toy building block. However, the court confirmed that the contested design lacked the required individual character because it did not create a different overall impression on the informed user than an older, square design.  <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-qman-toys-vs-lego\">Qman Toys vs. LEGO<\/h2>\n\n<p>In March 2021, Chinese toy manufacturer Guangdong Qman Toys applied to the EUIPO for a declaration of invalidity of a Lego design. The design applied for in 2008 shows a rectangular building block with two cylindrical studs on the top and a crescent-shaped clamp on one side wall. <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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alt=\"\" role=\"presentation\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>The Cancellation Division of the EUIPO declared the Lego design invalid in November 2022. The Board of Appeal confirmed this decision in September 2024, whereupon Lego brought an action before the General Court. <\/p>\n\n<p>LEGO argued that the Board of Appeal had not sufficiently appreciated the significant differences: the challenged design was rectangular and twice as long as the square predecessor design, and it had two studs instead of one.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-urteil-des-eug-zum-lego-design\">Judgment of the EUG on LEGO design<\/h2>\n\n<p>The EGC dismissed with  <a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/DE\/TXT\/?uri=CELEX:62024TJ0628\">Judgment of 14.01.2026 &#8211; Ref. T-628\/24   <\/a>dismissed LEGO&#8217;s action. LEGO&#8217;s design remains invalid. The brick does not enjoy protection as it lacks the required individual character.    <\/p>\n\n<p>The court did not follow LEGO&#8217;s reasoning. It found that in construction systems, two combined squares naturally form a rectangle. The informed user would therefore perceive the challenged design as a continuation of the same pattern established in the earlier design. The additional stud merely reproduced identically an already existing feature and contributed little to the overall impression.   <\/p>\n\n<p>The court was also not convinced by LEGO&#8217;s argument that the challenged design had a central cylindrical element on the underside that was missing in the older design. The decisive factor was the type of use: Building blocks from toy building set systems are mainly manipulated from the top. The underside remains hidden most of the time as soon as the building blocks interlock. The court emphasized that the visibility of features during typical use must be taken into account when assessing individual character. The central cylindrical element was therefore merely a subordinate detail in the overall impression.    <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group v4-pattern-general-quote-box has-kpw-yellow-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<p>The only difference resulting from the presence of the central cylindrical element in the contested design is therefore not sufficient to create a different overall impression on the informed user.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-der-informierte-benutzer-kein-technischer-experte\">The informed user: not a technical expert<\/h3>\n\n<p>The court referred to the case law of the ECJ. This had clarified that the informed user is not a specialist with detailed technical knowledge. His overall impression should not be based primarily on technical considerations, even in the case of designs that fall under the exception for modular systems.  <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fazit\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns v4-pattern-text-copy-half-col is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The court clarifies that a mere duplication of an existing design is not sufficient to create a different overall impression. Anyone who merely extends or duplicates a design or adds functional elements on non-visible surfaces must therefore expect that such a design does not have the required individual character.   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide v4-pattern-cta-box has-secondary-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a7c0d175 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top v4-pattern-cta-box__columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-ec2e7a44 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top v4-pattern-cta-box__columns-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-bce6ca70 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:0;flex-basis:60%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-right is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5c12a1d1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\r\n<div id=\"multirow-headline-block_0785d1e2f0d57b63aa127f556054b3b3\" class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline alignwide\">\r\n    <div class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-huge-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">We are happy to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-x-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:8%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:0.9;text-transform:uppercase\">advise you about<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-huge-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:0.9;text-transform:uppercase\">Design rights!<\/p>\n\n<\/div> \r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5c3c14bb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-visual4-contact-modal__button\">\r\n            \r\n        <div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\r\n            \r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-button v4-contact-modal-button is-style-fill\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\" data-form-id=\"8\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-contrast-color has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\">Contact form<\/a><\/div>\r\n\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        \r\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-style-mobile-only is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fc4fd283 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-base-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"tel:4971141019030\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Call now!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top v4-pattern-cta-box__columns-column v4-pattern-cta-box__columns-column--image is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full v4-pattern-cta-box__columns-column__image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/themes\/kpw-law\/assets\/samples\/person-cropped.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23155\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EGC confirms: A rectangular Lego brick has no individual character compared to a square predecessor design. 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