Other appeal · Board of Appeal · 2024-07-09
R2254/2023-3
Contested design: 015024173-0020
Outcome
The appeal is upheld: the contested decision is annulled, the design application proceeds to registration with filing date 9 June 2023, and the case is remitted for further prosecution.
Show verbatim operative text
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.
CostsNot specified
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 original 9 June 2023 filing date, arguing the initial images were reproducible and sufficiently clear under the design rules.
- ›There was no opposing private party; the appeal challenged the examiner's view that replacement images filed on 14 July 2023 had to determine the filing date.
- ›The Board held the original computer-generated images met the technical and clarity requirements of Article 36(1)(c) CDR and Article 4(1)(e) CDIR.
- ›Because the designs were identifiable from the outset, the application kept the 9 June 2023 filing date; the separate defect in design 0013 did not affect that date.
- ›The appeal was allowed, the contested decision annulled, and the case remitted for further prosecution toward registration.
Deciding panel
- ChairS. Stürmann
- RapporteurC. Bartos
- MemberA. Pohlmann
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
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