Invalidity · first instance · 2021-11-04
000115890
Contested design: 008306385-0001
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
Personality Gym ABvia PDF extraction
Sweden (SE)
Bultvägen 5, 553 02 Jönköping, Sweden
Holder · RCD owner
Hadley International Trading (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 1228, Building 1, Sushangxindi plaza, 555 Zongguantang RD, Gusu district, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Alberto Maria Giordano
Prior art cited (3)
copies of German and United Kingdom patents submitted to support the applicant's entitlement claim
Germany; United Kingdom
list of patents in the United States submitted to support the applicant's entitlement claim
United States
four screenshots from a Facebook account said to belong to 'NÜO Athletic innovation' showing the products
Facebook · disclosed 2016-01-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(c) CDR, alleging the holder copied its product and submitting patents and Facebook screenshots to support entitlement.
- ›Holder filed no observations; the decision records no substantive response from the design holder.
- ›The Division held Article 25(1)(c) requires a prior national court decision establishing the applicant's entitlement to the contested design under Article 14 CDR.
- ›Because no such court decision was filed and the deficiency was not remedied in time, the application was inadmissible and the fee was not refunded.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
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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