Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2018-08-31
R0758/2018-3
Contested design: 001688847-0003
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed as inadmissible for failure to file a written statement of grounds within the four-month time limit; the invalidity applicant is ordered to bear all costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Dismisses the appeal as inadmissible; 2. Orders the invalidity applicant to bear the fees and costs incurred by the design holder in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Pacovis AGvia PDF extraction
Switzerland (CH)
Grabenmattenstrasse 19, 5608 Stetten, Switzerland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Natural Tableware BVvia PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Gedempt Hamerkanaal 179, 1021 KP Amsterdam, Netherlands
Represented by
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Invalidity applicant (Pacovis AG) filed an appeal on 23 April 2018 against the Invalidity Division's rejection of its invalidity application against RCD No 1688847-0003 (dishes).
- ›No statement of grounds of appeal was filed despite a four-month deadline from notification of the contested decision (22 February 2018), expiring 22 June 2018; the Office warned the applicant on 2 July 2018.
- ›Invalidity applicant did not reply to the Office's warning.
- ›The Board held the appeal inadmissible under Article 57 CDR for failure to submit written grounds; costs awarded to the design holder.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurC. Negro
- MemberA. Szanyi Felkl
- RegistrarI. Romero Conrad
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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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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