Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2026-04-13
R1239/2025-3
Contested design: 004555001-0006
Outcome
The Board takes note of the withdrawal of the invalidity application and the appeal, closes the invalidity and appeal proceedings, orders the invalidity applicant to bear the design holder's costs, and fixes those costs at EUR 900.
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1. Takes note of the withdrawal of the application for a declaration of invalidity and the appeal; 2. Closes the invalidity and appeal proceedings; 3. Orders the invalidity applicant to bear the costs incurred by the design holder in the invalidity and appeal proceedings. 4. Fixes the costs to be paid by the invalidity applicant to the design holder for the invalidity and appeal proceedings at EUR 900.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €900
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Mannheim, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Yuyao Hilite Electric Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Yuyao City - Zhejiang Prov, China
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Legal grounds invoked
From EUIPO API metadata.
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant appealed the Invalidity Division's rejection of its invalidity application against EUD No 4 555 001-0006 and sought to have that decision set aside.
- ›The design holder asked for the appeal to be dismissed and, after the withdrawal, requested that the invalidity applicant bear the costs of both the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
- ›The Board held that the withdrawal of the invalidity application and the appeal deprived both proceedings of purpose, so they had to be closed and the contested decision did not become final.
- ›Applying Article 70(3) EUDR and the EUDIR costs provisions, the Board ordered the invalidity applicant to bear the design holder's costs and fixed total representation costs at EUR 900.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys Bacon
- RapporteurS. Rizzo
- MemberE. Fink
- RegistrarK. Zajfert
Decision files
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