T 978/17 - what is the nationality of a legal person?
When filing an opposition, then following R. 76(2)(a) jo R.41(2)(c), one should include
(...) the name, address and nationality of the applicant and the State in which his residence or principal place of business is located.
The three opponents in this case are legal persons and left blank the box in the form stating Nationality. The proprietor considers that for legal persons one should indicate the country under who's law the legal person was established. As this wasn't done the opposition should not be admissible.
The board does not buy it. The decision is in German; a machine translation of a relevant passage is include below:
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