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Restitutio in integrum · 2022-06-20
R0613/2022-3
Contested design: 001444467-0001
CDRRCD lapsed at decision
Outcome
Restitutio refused
The appeal is dismissed.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Dismisses the appeal.
CostsNot specified
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Breville Pty Ltdvia PDF extraction
AU
Ground Floor, Suite 2, 170-180 Bourke Road, Alexandria NSW2015, Australia
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(3)Article 63
Argument summary
- ›After its RCD lapsed for non-renewal, the design holder appealed the decision deeming its restitutio in integrum application not to have been filed and argued that the true cause of non-compliance was discovered only later through an Australian instructing firm.
- ›The case was ex parte and concerned whether the request was timely and whether the holder and its renewal service providers had exercised all due care in relation to the missed renewal deadline.
- ›The Board held that the obstacle to compliance had been removed when the authorised EUIPO representative received the loss-of-rights notice in August 2021, making the December 2021 restitutio request late; it added that, in any event, the failure resulted from foreseeable human and monitoring errors, not exceptional circumstances.
- ›The appeal was dismissed and the lapsed RCD was not restored.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurS. Rizzo
- MemberC. Negro
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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