Other appeal · Board of Appeal · 2024-07-09
R2254/2023-3
Contested design: 015024173-0029
Outcome
The contested decision is annulled, the Community design application may proceed to registration with a filing date of 9 June 2023, and the case is remitted 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 9 June 2023 as the filing date for its multiple Community design application.
- ›It argued the original images were suitable for reproduction and clearly identified the designs, so any quality issue should not have displaced the original filing date.
- ›The Board found the examiner had not explained any technical non-compliance and that the initially filed images, though slightly blurry, still clearly showed the protected subject matter.
- ›The appeal was upheld; the filing date was set at 9 June 2023 and the case was remitted for further prosecution.
Deciding panel
- ChairS. Stürmann
- RapporteurC. Bartos
- MemberA. Pohlmann
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
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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 ↗ |
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