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Contested design 001733239-0003

Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2022-01-12

R1827/2019-3

Contested design: 001733239-0003

Appellant: holder

Outcome

Discontinued / withdrawn

The proceedings for review of the fixing of costs are closed.

Show verbatim operative text(de)

Das Verfahren zur Überprüfung der Kostenfestsetzung wird eingestellt.

CostsNo costs order

Parties

Applicant · invalidity challenger

SWITCHLAB INC.via PDF extraction

Taiwan (TW)

8F., No. 66, Zhongzheng Rd., Xinzhuang Dist., New Taipei City 24243, Taiwan

Holder · RCD owner

WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbHvia PDF extraction

Germany (DE)

Hansastr. 27, 32423 Minden, Deutschland

Legal grounds invoked

Article 70(6)Article 79(4)

Argument summary

  • After the underlying invalidity appeal had been dismissed, the Office fixed the holder's recoverable representation costs at the regulatory maximums for the invalidity and appeal stages.
  • The design holder then requested Board review of that costs fixing under Article 70(6) CDR.
  • Before a substantive ruling on the request, the design holder withdrew the application for review after receiving the invalidity applicant's observations.
  • The Board therefore declared the review proceedings devoid of purpose and closed them, while noting that the review fee remained forfeited.

Deciding panel

  • ChairG. Humphreys
  • RapporteurE. Fink
  • MemberC. Bartos
  • Registrarp.o. M. Chaleva

Decision files

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