Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2021-11-15

R1586/2021-3

Contested design: 007734306-0001

CDRAppellant: holder

Outcome

Appeal inadmissible

The appeal is deemed not to have been filed.

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CostsNot specified

Applicant · invalidity challenger

MIESZKO S.A.via PDF extraction

Poland (PL)

Al. Jerozolimskie 181, 02-222 Warszawa, Polska

Represented by

Holder · RCD owner

VOBRO SPÓŁKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ SPÓŁKA KOMANDYTOWAvia PDF extraction

Poland (PL)

ul. PODGÓRNA nr 78, 87-300 Brodnica, Polska

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Article 57Article 5Article 6Article 67

›The design holder appealed the Invalidity Division decision invalidating the confectionery-box design for lack of novelty and individual character, but did not pay the appeal fee in time.
›After the Office notified the missing fee, the holder argued that temporary organisational problems linked to a prolonged dispute and the COVID-19 pandemic explained the non-payment.
›The Board held that under Article 57 CDR an appeal is deemed filed only once the appeal fee is paid; even if the holder’s response were treated as a restitutio request, it would still be inadmissible because no restitutio fee was paid.
›The appeal was deemed not to have been filed.

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