Other appeal · Board of Appeal · 2019-11-21

R1758/2019-3

Contested design: 002266742-0007

CDRAppellant: applicantRCD lapsed at decision

Outcome

Appeal dismissed

The appeal is dismissed.

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Die Beschwerde wird zurückgewiesen.

CostsNot specified

Applicant · invalidity challenger

ADA Möbelfabrik GmbHvia PDF extraction

Austria (AT)

Baierdorf-Umgebung 61, 8184 Baierdorf bei Anger, Österreich

Represented by

Holder · RCD owner

No opposing holder — Other appeal · Board of Appeal.

Article 67(1)Article 67(2)Article 67(3)Article 13(1)Article 13(2)

›The design holder (ADA Möbelfabrik) sought restitutio in integrum for missing the renewal deadline for GGM No 2266742, arguing that a singular software error caused by a hacker attack in August 2016 led to the designs being absent from the renewal overview list.
›The first-instance 'Hauptabteilung Kerngeschäft' rejected the restitutio application, finding that relying solely on the correct functioning of management software without verifying data integrity after the hack did not meet the required standard of due care.
›The Board found that the representative failed to demonstrate all due care: it was plausible that the missing data resulted from erroneous entry indicating the design had already been renewed, which is a typical input error — neither extraordinary nor unforeseeable.
›The appeal is dismissed; the late renewal filings for the GGMs remain untimely.

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