Appeal costs in trademark proceedings require special reasons

BPatG 30 W (pat) 20/14Bundespatentgericht / Division 3023.06.2016Dismissed

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Omnilex-Zusammenfassung

In this trademark appeal, the Federal Patent Court dealt solely with costs. It held that there were no reasons to deviate from the general rule under § 71(1) sentence 1 MarkenG and impose appeal costs on one party. The decision therefore left the parties to bear their own costs in the appeal proceedings.

Omnilex-Regeste

§ 71 Abs. 1 S. 1 MarkenG; appeal costs in trademark proceedings: an order allocating costs to one party requires special reasons. In the absence of such reasons, the general rule applies that no costs are imposed on the unsuccessful party; each party bears its own costs. The mere fact that a party is unsuccessful does not suffice for a cost order. The court will only depart from the rule where the conduct of a party or other circumstances make a cost order equitable (consid. implicit).

Gesamter Gesetzestext

BPatG — 30 W (pat) 20/14, Beschluss

Entscheidungsdatum: 2016-06-23

Aktenzeichen: 30 W (pat) 20/14

Dokumenttyp: Beschluss

Normen: § 71 Abs 1 S 1 MarkenG

Spruchkörper: 30. Senat

Titelzeile

Markenbeschwerdeverfahren – Kostenentscheidung im Beschwerdeverfahren – keine Gründe für Kostenauferlegung

Schlagwörter

trademark appealcostscost allocationspecial reasonsappeal proceedings

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Kernrechtsfrage

Whether appeal costs should be imposed in the trademark appeal proceeding under Section 71(1) sentence 1 MarkenG.

Extrahierter Entscheid

No special reasons justified departing from the rule that each party bears its own costs.

Extrahierte Begründung

The court saw no grounds for ordering one party to bear the costs of the appeal proceedings.

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