Invalidity · first instance · 2026-03-12
000131564
Contested design: 015092224-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected as inadmissible and the invalidity fee is not refunded.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected as inadmissible. The fee for the application for a declaration of invalidity will not be refunded.
CostsNo costs order
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jinhui Zhou
China (CN)
Xiangxiang City, Hunan Province, China
Represented by
Andrea Albert Catala
Holder · RCD owner
Novowise Ltd
United Kingdom (GB)
United Kingdom
Represented by
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant claimed entitlement to the contested design, said it owned corresponding Chinese design CN 308505100 S, and requested suspension if a court ruling on entitlement was considered necessary.
- ›No substantive response from the holder is recorded; the decision turned on admissibility after the Office invited the applicant to cure a deficiency.
- ›The Division held that an entitlement-based invalidity application required particulars showing a court decision under Article 28(1)(c)(iii) EUDIR, and the applicant failed to provide one within the time limit.
- ›Application rejected as inadmissible; the invalidity fee was not refunded.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberGaile SAKALAITE
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| 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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