Invalidity · first instance · 2018-11-29
000103420
Contested design: 001458756-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected as inadmissible, and the invalidity fee will not be refunded.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected as inadmissible. 2. The fee for the application for a declaration of invalidity will not be refunded.
CostsNo costs order
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ming Yu
United Kingdom (GB)
12 Derby Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 9JE, United Kingdom
Holder · RCD owner
Tickos Home Decor Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Suite 108, Chase Business Centre, 39-41 Chase Side, London, N14 5BP, United Kingdom
Prior art cited (1)
Community design No 002967349-0001
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity of RCD No 001458756-0001 under Article 25(1)(d) based on earlier Community design No 002967349-0001.
- ›The Office informed the applicant that the earlier design had already been declared invalid in separate proceedings and invited comments on that deficiency.
- ›No comments were filed, and the Division held that an invalidated earlier design has no effect from the outset and cannot serve as a prior right for this action.
- ›The invalidity application was therefore rejected as inadmissible, and the fee was not refunded.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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