Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2024-12-09
R0945/2024-3
Contested design: 000729785-0008
Outcome
The Board notes the withdrawal of the appeal, closes the appeal proceedings, and orders the invalidity applicant to bear the design holder's costs in the appeal proceedings.
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Takes note of the withdrawal of the appeal and declares the appeal proceedings closed; Orders the invalidity applicant to bear the costs incurred by the design holder in the appeal proceedings.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
CHANELvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
135, avenue Charles de Gaulle, 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Represented by
Marie Georges-Picot
Holder · RCD owner
Molo Design Ltdvia PDF extraction
CA
1470 Venables Street, Vancouver V5L 2G7, Canada
Legal grounds invoked
From EUIPO API metadata.
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant appealed the rejection of its invalidity application and sought to set aside the contested decision.
- ›Before any substantive appeal ruling, the invalidity applicant withdrew the appeal and asked that each party bear its own costs.
- ›The Board held that the withdrawal rendered the appeal proceedings devoid of purpose, so the appeal had to be closed and the first-instance rejection became final.
- ›Applying Article 70(3) CDR on costs, the Board ordered the withdrawing invalidity applicant to bear the design holder's appeal costs.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys Bacon
- RapporteurC. Bartos
- MemberE. Fink
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
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| 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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