Other appeal · Board of Appeal · 2024-08-27
R0615/2023-3
Contested design: 009192768-0003
Outcome
The Board took note of the amended views, annulled the contested decision, and remitted the case to the examiner for continued registration proceedings.
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 and sought acceptance of its priority claim and replacement views.
- ›It argued that an Office-side IT incident prevented successive representatives from accessing the file and learning of the deficiency notice before the deadline expired.
- ›The Board found the deficiency notice had been duly sent, but the evidence showed substantial efforts to access the file and a technical incident that delayed any response.
- ›Exercising its discretion, the Board accepted the amended views and found the priority documents sufficient, then annulled the refusal and remitted the case.
Deciding panel
- ChairS. Stürmann
- RapporteurH. Salmi
- MemberC. Negro
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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