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Restitutio in integrum · 2020-05-12
R2243/2019-3
Contested design: 002308932-0026
CDRRCD lapsed at decision
Outcome
Restitutio refused
The appeal is dismissed.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Die Beschwerde wird zurückgewiesen.
CostsNot specified
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
DMG MORI SEIKI CO., LTD.via PDF extraction
Japan (JP)
106, Kitakoriyama-cho, Yamatokoriyama-shi, Nara 639-1160, Japan
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
No opposing holder — Restitutio in integrum.
Legal grounds invoked
Article 67(1)Article 67(2)Article 67(3)Article 56Article 57Article 13Article 37
Argument summary
- ›Appellants (design holders) argued that their representative exercised all due care: the PatOrg software automatically generated renewal deadlines, written instructions to renew were entered, and the single unexplained failure of an otherwise reliably operating system should be excused.
- ›No opposing party; ex-parte appeal against the Office's refusal of restitutio in integrum.
- ›The Board held that due care requires a deadline-monitoring system that generally excludes inadvertent deadline misses; a system that cannot identify when or why a failure occurred reveals an inadequate control mechanism lacking a second-check step.
- ›The appeal was dismissed; the renewal request and fee payment for Community design registration No. 2 308 932 remain out of time.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurA. Szanyi Felkl
- MemberE. Fink
- Registrarp.o. M. Chaleva
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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