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Other appeal · Board of Appeal · 2020-08-18
R1210/2020-3
Contested design: 007691381-0005
CDRAppellant: applicant
Outcome
Appeal upheld (reversal)
The appeal is upheld, the case is remitted to the Examiner for further examination of the application, and the appeal fee is to be reimbursed.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Die Beschwerde wird stattgegeben. 2. Die Sache wird zur weiteren Prüfung der Anmeldung an die Prüferin zurückverwiesen. 3. Die Beschwerdegebühr ist zurückzuerstatten.
CostsNot specified
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Paulmann Licht GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Quezinger Feld 2, 31832 Springe-Völksen, Deutschland
Holder · RCD owner
No opposing holder — Other appeal · Board of Appeal.
Legal grounds invoked
Article 62Article 4
Argument summary
- ›Applicant Paulmann Licht GmbH appealed a partial refusal of collective design application No. 7 691 381 (26 designs for luminaires), arguing that the examiner's objection of 21 February 2020 had never been received.
- ›No opposing party; the appeal was ex parte against the Office's own examiner decision.
- ›The Board found that the objection had been sent to a fax number ending '171', which was not the applicant's registered fax number (ending '274'); it was therefore not validly served, and the examiner decided on 4 June 2020 while the response period was still open, violating Article 62 GGV (right to be heard).
- ›The appeal was upheld, the decision annulled, the case remitted to the examiner with a fresh deadline, and the appeal fee reimbursed due to the serious procedural error.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurC. Bartos
- 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 ↗ |