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Contested design 001055180-0001

Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2019-03-27

R1712/2018-3

Contested design: 001055180-0001

CDRAppellant: applicant

Outcome

Appeal inadmissible

The appeal is rejected as inadmissible because the notice of appeal was filed after the two-month time limit under Article 57 CDR.

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Rejects the appeal as inadmissible;

CostsNot specified

Parties

Applicant · invalidity challenger

Do-Do MM Kft.via PDF extraction

Hungary (HU)

Kiskőrös, Izsáki út 12., 6200, Hungary

Holder · RCD owner

BEVERAGES Mark Limitedvia PDF extraction

GI

Suite 5, 39 Irish Town, GX11 1AA, Gibraltar

Legal grounds invoked

Article 25(1)(b)Article 25(1)(e)Article 25(1)(f)Article 4(1)Article 57Article 35

Argument summary

  • Invalidity applicant (appellant) filed the notice of appeal on 30 August 2018, three days after the 27 August 2018 deadline; it argued it should not bear responsibility for a courier's delay in delivering the notice to the Office.
  • The holder did not submit observations on admissibility.
  • The Board held it has no discretion to waive the mandatory two-month time limit in Article 57 CDR; the notice of appeal was received after the deadline regardless of when it was dispatched.
  • The appeal was rejected as inadmissible; no costs order was recorded in the decision.

Deciding panel

  • ChairTh. M. Margellos
  • RapporteurC. Rusconi
  • MemberC. Negro
  • RegistrarH. Dijkema

Decision files

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