Invalidity · first instance · 2021-09-06
000114643
Contested design: 006504601-0001
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
Yiwu Rundong Auto Accessories Co. Ltd.
China (CN)
First Floor, No. 6, Building 22, Changchun Third District, Futian Street, Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
Holder · RCD owner
Tong de Limited
VG
Palm Grove House, P. O. Box 438, Road Town, Tortola, Virgin Islands (British)
Represented by
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity of Community design No 006504601-0001 under Article 25(1)(b) CDR.
- ›The holder is named in the header through a professional representative, but no substantive defence was addressed because the case turned on admissibility.
- ›The Division found the China-based applicant failed to appoint a valid professional representative despite two Office communications and therefore did not comply with the representation requirements.
- ›The application was rejected as inadmissible, and the invalidity fee was not refunded.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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