Invalidity · first instance · 2025-04-03
000127500
Contested design: 008313159-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected as inadmissible, and the invalidity fee will not be refunded.
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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
Estelle Guvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Jiuhuan Road 35, 310019 Hangzhou, China
Holder · RCD owner
Yiwu Thousand Shores E-Commerce Co.,Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
9th Floor, Building No.3, YiWu International E-Commerce Town, 315 HongYun Road, ChengXi Street, YiWu City, ZheJiang Province 315, China
Represented by
Joanna Dargiewicz
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity of Community design No 008313159-0001 under Article 25(1)(b) with Articles 5(1)(b) and 6(1)(b) CDR.
- ›The holder did not need to respond because the Division addressed admissibility first.
- ›The Division found the China-based applicant had no EEA domicile or establishment and failed to appoint an eligible professional representative after being invited to remedy the deficiency.
- ›Because the representation defect was not cured within the time limit, the application was inadmissible under the CDR/CDIR framework.
- ›The Division rejected the application as inadmissible and stated that the invalidity fee would not be refunded.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
Decision files
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