Judgment of the General Court of 10 April 2024 – M&T 1997 v EUIPO – VDS Czmyr Kowalik (Door and window handles)
(Case T-654/22) 1
(Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing door and window handles – Earlier design – Ground for invalidity – Individual character – Article 25(1)(b) and Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: M&T 1997, a.s. (Dobruška, Czech Republic) (represented by: T. Dobřichovský, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Nicolás Gómez, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: VDS Czmyr Kowalik sp.k. (Świętochłowice, Poland) (represented by M. Witkowska and A. Pilecka, lawyers)
Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and the alteration of the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 29 August 2022 (Case R 29/2022-3).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Annuls the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 29 August 2022 (Case R 29/2022-3);
2. Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
3. Orders each party to bear its own costs.
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1 OJ C 472, 12.12.2022.