Action brought on 8 November 2023 – Delta-Sport Handelskontor v EUIPO – Decathlon (Diving masks)

(Case T-1060/23)

Language in which the application was lodged: French

Parties

Applicant: Delta-Sport Handelskontor GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: N. Boespflug, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Decathlon (Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the design at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Design at issue: Community design (Diving masks) – Community design No 2 340 224-0001

Proceedings before EUIPO: Invalidity proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 August 2023 in Case R 1732/2022-3

Forms of order sought

The applicant claims that the General Court should:

annul the contested decision and the contested design;

order EUIPO to pay the costs.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Article 8(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002;

Lack of individual character of the contested Community design for the purpose of Article 4(1) and Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002.

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