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Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2020-03-24
R2698/2019-3
Contested design: 005941960-0003
CDRAppellant: applicant
Outcome
Appeal inadmissible
The appeal is dismissed as inadmissible; the invalidity applicant is ordered to bear the design holder's costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Dismisses the appeal as inadmissible; 2. Orders the invalidity applicant to bear the costs incurred by the design holder.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
ISSG Sports Innovations, LDA.via PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Rua Quinta do Gato Bravo, 5-G, Zona Industrial Vale Flores, 2810-069 Feijó, Portugal
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Sports Partnervia PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Estrada da Pernigem nº 26 São João das Lampas, 2705-726 Lisboa, Portugal
Represented by
Legal grounds invoked
Article 25(1)(b)Article 4(1)Article 25(1)(d)(ii)Article 57
Argument summary
- ›Invalidity applicant (appellant) filed an appeal against the Invalidity Division's rejection of its invalidity application but failed to file the written statement of grounds within the four-month deadline.
- ›The design holder (respondent) was notified of the deficiency; no comment was received from the appellant within the granted one-month period.
- ›The Board found the appeal non-compliant with Article 57 CDR because no statement of grounds was submitted before the 3 February 2020 deadline.
- ›The appeal was declared inadmissible and the contested first-instance decision became final.
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 ↗ |
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |