| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1998:G000297.19981112 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 12 November 1998 | ||||||||
| Case number: | G 0002/97 | ||||||||
| Referral: | T 0742/96 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 89311690.5 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | D06F 39/02 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Method and device for treating textile | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Unilever Plc, et al | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Procter & Gamble European Technical Center N.V. | ||||||||
| Board: | EBA | ||||||||
| Headnote: | The principle of good faith does not impose any obligation on the boards of appeal to notify an appellant that an appeal fee is missing when the notice of appeal is filed so early that the appellant could react and pay the fee in time, if there is no indication--either in the notice of appeal or in any other document filed in relation to the appeal--from which it could be inferred that the appellant would, without such notification, inadvertently miss the time-limit for payment of the appeal fee. | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Fee for appeal Principle of good faith Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/g970002ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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