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Restitutio in integrum · 2021-09-16
R0795/2021-3
Contested design: 001416614-0001
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
Andrzej Citakvia PDF extraction
Austria (AT)
Buchengasse 8, 2281 Raasdorf, Österreich
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
No opposing holder — Restitutio in integrum.
Legal grounds invoked
Article 67(1)Article 67(2)Article 67(3)Article 13(1)
Argument summary
- ›The holder sought restitutio in integrum after missing the deadline to request renewal and pay renewal fees for Community designs Nos 1416614-0001 to -0018, arguing that its representatives' electronic docketing system had wrongly marked the file as self-paying.
- ›The appellant maintained that the missed deadline resulted from an extraordinary and unforeseeable event comparable to a computer virus or lightning strike, not from an ordinary clerical mistake.
- ›The Board held that the failure stemmed from a human data-entry error in the representatives' office system; such mistakes are foreseeable and must be prevented by an adequate monitoring system, so the due-care requirement of Article 67(1) CDR was not met.
- ›The appeal was dismissed and reinstatement of the missed renewal deadline was refused.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurE. Fink
- MemberA. Szanyi Felkl
- RegistrarH.Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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