Invalidity · first instance · 2022-07-22
000117693
Contested design: 008805097-0001
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
Concaver Sp. z.o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Wabcz 60, 86-212 Stolno, Poland
Represented by
Michał Jędrzejewski
Holder · RCD owner
Arceo Gmbh
Germany (DE)
Schönbacher Str. 41-43, 35745 Herborn, Germany
Represented by
Omer Salvarcioglu
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity of Community design No 0088050970001 under Article 25(1)(b) CDR.
- ›Holder filed no observations; the decision addresses only the admissibility of the application.
- ›The Division found the application was filed in German even though, under Article 98(4) CDR, it had to be filed in English.
- ›Because the applicant did not remedy that deficiency within the time limit, the application was inadmissible under Article 30(1) CDIR.
- ›The application was rejected as inadmissible and the invalidity fee was not refunded.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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