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Other appeal · Board of Appeal · 2019-06-18
R0237/2019-3
Contested design: 002211961-0001
CDRAppellant: applicantRCD lapsed at decision
Outcome
Appeal dismissed
The appeal is dismissed.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Die Beschwerde wird zurückgewiesen.
CostsNot specified
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Markus Paleologovia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Brunnenstraße 4D, 89257 Illertissen-Jedesheim, Deutschland
Represented by
Michael Kirklies
Holder · RCD owner
No opposing holder — Other appeal · Board of Appeal.
Legal grounds invoked
Article 13(1)Article 13(3)Article 22Article 56Article 57Article 67
Argument summary
- ›Design holder appealed the first-instance decision confirming lapse of RCD No 2 211 961-0001 due to non-payment of the renewal fee by the deadline of 3 April 2018 (grace period to 3 October 2018).
- ›Holder argued he had instructed a third-party fee-management company to make the payment, which in turn instructed the bank, but the bank failed to execute the transfer through no fault of the holder.
- ›The Board held that lapse under Article 22 GGV is automatic upon non-payment and does not depend on the degree of fault of the holder; fault is only relevant for restitutio in integrum under Article 67 GGV.
- ›No restitutio application had been filed, the two-month post-obstacle deadline had expired, the missed act was not remedied, and the appeal was therefore dismissed.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurC. Bartos
- MemberE. Fink
- Registrarp.o. I. Romero Conrad
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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