Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2024-04-08
R2335/2023-3
Contested design: 003564582-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed as inadmissible, the contested decision becomes final, and the design holder must pay EUR 500 for the invalidity applicant's appeal costs.
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1. Dismisses the appeal as inadmissible; 2. Declares the contested decision final; 3. Orders the design holder to bear the amount of EUR 500 in respect of the invalidity applicant’s costs in the appeal proceedings.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €500
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Episcopia Ortodoxa Romana a Devei si Hunedoareivia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Str. Andrei Saguna nr. 1, Loc. Deva, Jud. Hunedoara, Deva, Romania
Represented by
Răzvan Dincă
Holder · RCD owner
Sandor Andorvia PDF extraction
Hungary (HU)
Belsonyir Tanya 93/D, 6000 Kecskemet, Hungary
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant sought invalidity of the contested ornamentation design under Article 25(1)(b) CDR in conjunction with Articles 4(1), 5(1)(b) and 6(1)(b) CDR.
- ›The design holder appealed the Invalidity Division's decision invalidating the RCD, but filed no written statement setting out the grounds of appeal and did not answer the Registry's deficiency letter.
- ›The Board held that Article 57 CDR required grounds of appeal within four months of notification, and that the unremedied omission made the appeal inadmissible under Article 35(1) CDIR.
- ›The appeal was dismissed as inadmissible, the first-instance invalidity decision became final, and the design holder was ordered to pay EUR 500 in appeal costs.
Deciding panel
- ChairS. Stürmann
- RapporteurS. Rizzo
- MemberC. Negro
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |