Invalidity · first instance · 2019-08-27
000106479
Contested design: 005845104-0007
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
Genuine Centre Ltd
United Kingdom (GB)
Unit G2, Ground Floor, Salmon St, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 4BQ, United Kingdom
Holder · RCD owner
Creek Dannyvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Vale Science & Technology, Friedrichstr. 123, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity of RCD No 005845104-0007 under Article 25(1)(f) CDR, alleging the contested design reproduced its copyright-protected design previously sold online.
- ›No holder observations are recorded; after a deficiency notice, the applicant instead filed a court cost order, a website URL, a website extract, and PayPal transaction material.
- ›The Division held the filing still did not identify the protected work, prove the applicant's entitlement to the earlier copyright, or specify the relevant national law and conditions for prohibition.
- ›Because the applicant failed to cure the admissibility defects, the application was rejected as inadmissible and the invalidity fee was not refunded.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
Decision files
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| 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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