Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 21 September 2017

Easy Sanitary Solutions BV and European Union Intellectual Property Office v Group Nivelles

Appeal — Intellectual property — Community designs — Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Article 5 — Novelty — Article 6 — Individual character — Article 7 — Disclosure to the public — Article 63 — Powers of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in the taking of evidence — Burden of proof on the applicant for a declaration of invalidity — Requirements relating to the reproduction of an earlier design — Design for a shower drainage channel — Dismissal of an application for a declaration of invalidity by the Board of Appeal

Joined Cases C-361/15 P and C-405/15 P



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
03/11/2017 Easy Sanitary Solutions v Group Nivelles and EUIPO
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Designs
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2017:720		 21/09/2017 Easy Sanitary Solutions v Group Nivelles and EUIPO
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Designs
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2017:720		 21/09/2017 Easy Sanitary Solutions v Group Nivelles and EUIPO
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Designs
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
25/09/2015 Easy Sanitary Solutions v Group Nivelles and EUIPO
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Designs
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs
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Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2017:80		 01/02/2017 Easy Sanitary Solutions v Group Nivelles and EUIPO
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Designs
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
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Reports of Cases

not yet published (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.04 Community designs
      4.11.04.03 null
        4.11.04.03.02
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.04 Community designs
      4.11.04.03 null
        4.11.04.03.03 null
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.10 Appeals
    3.10.03 Grounds of appeal
      3.10.03.03 Ineffective pleas in law
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.04 Community designs
      4.11.04.01 null
        4.11.04.01.04
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.04 Community designs
      4.11.04.01 null
        4.11.04.01.03 null
          4.11.04.01.03.02


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 11/07/2015

Date of the Opinion

  • 01/02/2017

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

21/09/2017


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 392 from 20.11.2017, p.5

Application: OJ C 337 from 12.10.2015, p.3

Name of the parties

Easy Sanitary Solutions v Group Nivelles and EUIPO

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Geerts, P.G.F.A.: Tekeningen en modellenrecht, Intellectuele eigendom & Reclamerecht 2017 p.473-477 (NL)
  2. Hartwig, Henning: Relevanter Formenschatz im Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusterrecht, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2017 p.1212-1215 (DE)
  3. Walter, Michel M.: Voraussetzungen eines Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters, MR-Int : Internationale Rundschau zum Medienrecht, IP- & IT-Recht 2018 p.16-17 (DE)
  4. Torggler, Paul: Relevanz der Erzeugnisse bei Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmustern, Österreichische Blätter für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2018 p.53-57 (DE)
  5. Gielen, Ch.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2018 Afl.40 p.5607-5610 (NL)
  6. de Visscher, Fernand: C-361/15 - C-405/15, Revue de droit intellectuel : l'ingénieur-conseil 2019 p.82-99 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment
  • Appeals : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

quatrième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Lycourgos

Advocate General

Bot

Language(s) of the Case

  • Dutch

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French