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Other appeal · Board of Appeal · 2020-08-18
R1210/2020-3
Contested design: 007691381-0014
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 the Examiner's partial refusal of design application No. 7 691 381 (26 designs for luminaires), arguing that the objection of 21 February 2020 was never received.
- ›No opposing private party; this is an ex-parte appeal against an Office refusal.
- ›The Board found that the objection was sent by fax to a number ending in '171' which was not registered for the applicant in the Office database (the registered fax number ends in '274'); service was therefore not validly effected.
- ›The partial refusal was issued on 4 June 2020 while the response period was still running, denying the applicant its right to be heard under Article 62 CDR; accordingly the decision was annulled and the case remitted.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurC. Bartos
- MemberE. Fink
- RegistrarM. 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 ↗ |