Invalidity · first instance · 2021-08-26
000114181
Contested design: 008142889-0001
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
Paul M. Harrisvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
10 Heathfield Road Penenden Heath, Maidstone Kent ME14 2AD, United Kingdom
Holder · RCD owner
Furnitubes International Limitedvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
3rd Floor, Meridian House, Royal Hill, Greenwich, London SE10 8RD, United Kingdom
Represented by
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity of the contested Community design under Article 25(1)(f) and Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 5 CDR.
- ›The holder was represented, but the applicant, based in the United Kingdom, did not appoint an eligible professional representative after Brexit.
- ›The Division held that non-EEA parties must be represented before the Office and that the applicant failed to remedy that deficiency within the prescribed time limit.
- ›The application was therefore rejected as inadmissible, and the invalidity fee was not refunded.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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