Other appeal · Board of Appeal · 2024-08-27
R0615/2023-3
Contested design: 009192768-0001
Outcome
The Board accepted the amended views, annulled the refusal decision, and remitted the case for continuation of the registration procedure.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Takes note of the amended views No 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 for Community design No 9 192 768-0002, and the amended views No 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 for Community design No 9 192 768-0003. 2. Annuls the contested decision. 3. Remits the case to the examiner for further prosecution of the registration procedure.
CostsNot specified
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Digital distillery LLCvia PDF extraction
United States (US)
1419 Murray Drive, 64116 North Kansas City, 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 of designs 0002 and 0003, arguing an Office-side IT error prevented access to the deficiency notice and timely correction of the views and priority documents.
- ›There was no opposing private party; the case was ex parte, and the Office record showed the deficiencies had not been remedied within the original time limit.
- ›The Board found the applicant’s representatives had made substantial efforts to access the file, a technical incident delayed that access, and the applicant should be given the benefit of the doubt.
- ›Using its discretion, the Board admitted the amended replacement views and noted that the later-filed priority documents were sufficient for the examiner to accept the priority claim.
- ›The appeal was upheld, the contested decision was annulled, and the case was remitted for further prosecution.
Deciding panel
- ChairS. Stürmann
- RapporteurH. Salmi
- MemberC. Negro
- 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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