Other appeal · Board of Appeal · 2024-07-09
R2254/2023-3
Contested design: 015024173-0005
Outcome
The Board annuls the contested decision, allows the design application to proceed to registration with a filing date of 9 June 2023, and remits the case to the examiner for further prosecution.
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1. Annuls the contested decision. 2. Allows Community Design application No 15 024 173 to proceed to registration with the filing date of 9 June 2023. 3. Remits the case to the examiner for further prosecution.
CostsNo costs order
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
RALPH LAUREN CORPORATIONvia PDF extraction
United States (US)
650 Madison Avenue, 10022 New York, United States
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
No opposing holder — Other appeal · Board of Appeal.
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant appealed the refusal to accord its multiple design application the original filing date of 9 June 2023 after replacement views were filed on 14 July 2023.
- ›It argued the initial images were suitable for reproduction and clearly identified the designs, so any request for better quality images should not have shifted the filing date.
- ›The Board found the examiner did not explain any technical non-compliance and that the initial computer-generated images clearly showed the protected subject matter despite slight blurriness.
- ›The appeal was upheld; the application keeps the 9 June 2023 filing date and is remitted for further prosecution.
Deciding panel
- ChairS. Stürmann
- RapporteurC. Bartos
- MemberA. Pohlmann
- RegistrarM. Chaleva
Decision files
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| 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 ↗ |
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