Judgment of the General Court of 21 November 2013 – El Hogar Perfecto del Siglo XXI v OHIM - Wenf International Advisers Ltd (Corkscrew)
(Case T-337/12) 1
(Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing a corkscrew – Earlier national design – Ground for invalidity – Lack of individual character – Overall impression not different – Informed user – Degree of freedom of the designer – Articles 4, 6 and 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: El Hogar Perfecto del Siglo XXI, SL (Madrid (Spain)) (represented by: C. Ruiz Gallegos and E. Veiga Conde, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: Ó. Mondéjar Ortuño, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Wenf International Advisers Ltd (Tortola, British Virgin Islands) (represented by J.L. Rivas Zurdo, E. Seijo Veiguela and I. Munilla Muñoz, lawyers)
Re:
ACTION brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of OHIM of 1 June 2012 (Case R 89/2011-3) in relation to invalidity proceedings between Wenf International Advisers Ltd and El Hogar Perfecto del Siglo XXI, SL.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
2. Orders El Hogar Perfecto del Siglo XXI, SL to pay the costs.
________________________1 OJ C 287, 22.9.2012.