Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2022-06-21
R2022/2021-3
Contested design: 008028385-0002
Outcome
The appeal is rejected as inadmissible, and the appellant must bear the costs of the appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Die Beschwerde wird als unzulässig zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Beschwerdeführerin trägt die Kosten des Beschwerdeverfahrens.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
LEGO Juris A/Svia PDF extraction
Denmark (DK)
Koldingvej 2, 7190 Billund, Dänemark
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guangdong Xingbao Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Longtan Industrial Area, Shangxiang Village, Lianshang Town, Chenghai District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province, Volksrepublik China
Represented by
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The design holder appealed the invalidity decision but filed its statement of grounds in English even though German was the language of the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
- ›The invalidity applicant remained the respondent, while the Registry later alerted the appellant that the appeal might be inadmissible because no German translation had been filed within one month.
- ›The Board held that the late-filed German translation could not cure the defect after expiry of the statutory period, so no valid statement of grounds had been filed in the language of proceedings within four months of notification of the contested decision.
- ›The appeal was declared inadmissible and the design holder was ordered to bear the appeal costs.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurC. Bartos
- MemberE. Fink
- Registrarp.o. M. 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 ↗ |
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