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Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2019-10-09
R0460/2016-3
Contested design: 000218193-0011
CDRAppellant: holder
Outcome
Discontinued / withdrawn
The withdrawal of the invalidity application is noted, the invalidity and appeal proceedings are declared closed, and the invalidity applicant is ordered to bear the costs.
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1. Takes note of the withdrawal of the application for a declaration of invalidity; 2. Declares the invalidity and appeal proceedings closed; 3. Orders the invalidity applicant to bear the costs incurred by the design holder.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Legal grounds invoked
Article 25(1)(b)Article 4Article 5Article 6Article 70(3)
Argument summary
- ›Design holder (Aerts) appealed the Invalidity Division's decision declaring the contested dishes RCD invalid.
- ›Invalidity applicant (PROMECO) had filed the invalidity application based on Article 25(1)(b) CDR in conjunction with Articles 4 to 6 CDR and submitted observations in reply to the appeal.
- ›After an agreement between the parties, the invalidity applicant withdrew the application for a declaration of invalidity on 2 October 2019, rendering both proceedings without purpose.
- ›The Board closed the proceedings; since no apportionment of costs was requested, Article 70(3) CDR was applied ordering the party who terminated the proceedings (the invalidity applicant) to bear the costs.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurH. Salmi
- MemberC. Rusconi
- RegistrarM. Chaleva
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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