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Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2019-07-16
R1135/2019-3
Contested design: 004741726-0002
CDRAppellant: applicant
Outcome
Discontinued / withdrawn
The Board notes the withdrawal of the appeal, declares the appeal proceedings terminated, and orders the invalidity applicant to bear the design holder's costs.
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1. Takes notes that the appeal has been withdrawn; 2. Declares that the appeal proceedings are terminated; 3. Orders the invalidity applicant to bear the costs incurred by the design holder.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
ProCase GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Im Bruch 2, 63897 Miltenberg, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
ZCASE - Lukasz ZAWADAvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Racławówka 341/f, 36-047 Niechobrz, Poland
Represented by
Katarzyna Sas
Legal grounds invoked
Article 25(1)(b)Article 4Article 5Article 6Article 70(3)
Argument summary
- ›ProCase GmbH (invalidity applicant) had filed an invalidity application against RCD No 4 741 726-0002 (footlockers) on 28 March 2018; the Invalidity Division rejected the application on 26 March 2019 and ordered the applicant to bear costs.
- ›ProCase GmbH filed an appeal on 24 May 2019 against the Invalidity Division's rejection.
- ›On 28 June 2019, the invalidity applicant informed the Boards that it was withdrawing its appeal.
- ›The Board declared the appeal proceedings terminated; per Article 70(3) CDR, the party withdrawing the appeal bears the other party's costs — the invalidity applicant was ordered to bear the design holder's costs.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurH. Salmi
- MemberC. Negro
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
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 ↗ |