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.via PDF extraction
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 Limitedvia PDF extraction
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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