Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2019-07-08
R0439/2019-3
Contested design: 002437178-0004
Outcome
The surrender of the design is noted and the invalidity and appeal proceedings are declared terminated; the design holder must reimburse the invalidity applicant for the fees and costs incurred in both sets of proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
1. La rinuncia al modello è annotata e i procedimenti di nullità e ricorso si dichiarano terminati. 2. La titolare deve rimborsare alla richiedente la nullità le tasse e le spese da questa sostenute nei procedimenti di nullità e di ricorso.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
ESSITY OPERATIONS FRANCEvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
151-161 boulevard Victor Hugo, 93400 Saint Ouen, Francia
Represented by
Sophie Micallef
Holder · RCD owner
SOFIDEL S.p.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Di Lucia, 23, 55016 Porcari (Lucca), Italia
Represented by
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›ESSITY OPERATIONS FRANCE (invalidity applicant/appellant) appealed the Invalidity Division's decision of 19 December 2018 rejecting its invalidity application against RCD No 2 437 178-0004 (decorations for paper products); no statement of grounds of appeal was filed.
- ›The Registry warned the applicant on 7 May 2019 that the appeal was liable to be declared inadmissible for failure to file written grounds of appeal within four months of notification of the contested decision.
- ›On 8 May 2019, the design holder (SOFIDEL S.p.A.) surrendered the RCD; the surrender was registered on 21 May 2019, rendering the invalidity and appeal proceedings devoid of purpose.
- ›The Board declared the proceedings terminated; pursuant to Article 70(3) CDR, the party causing termination by surrendering the design bears the other party's costs — the holder was ordered to reimburse the applicant's fees and costs.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurC. Negro
- MemberM. Bra
- Registrarp.o. I. Romero Conrad
Decision files
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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