Invalidity · first instance · 2020-01-16
000107739
Contested design: 004505824-0010
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected as inadmissible, and the invalidity application fee is not refunded.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Der Antrag auf Erklärung der Nichtigkeit wird als unzulässig zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Gebühr für einen Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird nicht erstattet.
CostsNo costs order
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Qiao Wangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Longhuaqu, Shenzhenshi 518000, Volksrepublik China
Represented by
Wu Zhang
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Sinobry Electronic Ltd
China (CN)
Block 4, Taisong Industrial Park, Dalang Street, LongHua New District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Shenzhen, Volksrepublik China
Represented by
Yu Lin
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity of RCD No 0045058240010 and appeared to rely on Article 25(1)(b).
- ›No reply was filed after the Office notified the applicant that the request was in the wrong language and that the chosen employee representative was unacceptable.
- ›The Division held the application had to be filed in German and that a non-EEA party had to appoint an acceptable professional representative before the Office.
- ›Because neither deficiency was remedied within the set period, the invalidity application was rejected as inadmissible and the fee was not refunded.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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