Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the rent increase notice was valid without the landlord's handwritten signature on the prescribed form
Extrahierter Entscheid
The handwritten signature is part of the required written form for a rent increase notice; a facsimile signature is only sufficient if the exception of Art. 14(2) CO applies, which was not shown here.
Extrahierte Begründung
The statutory form serves identification and attribution. For a unilateral rent change under Art. 269d CO, the form is a qualified written form. Art. 14(2) CO requires established usage of facsimile signatures in the relevant traffic, and no such usage was proven or notorious.