Judgment of the General Court of 17 November 2021 – Guasch Pubill v EUIPO – Nap-Kings (Table linen)
(Case T-538/20) 1
(Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing table linen – Disclosure of earlier design – Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 – Ground for invalidity – No individual character – Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation No 6/2002 – Inadmissibility of the application for a declaration of invalidity – Article 52(3) of Regulation No 6/2002)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Marcos Guasch Pubill (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: R. Guerras Mazón and M. Centell Ribas, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Nap-Kings, SL (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: A. Otero Iglesias, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 June 2020 (Case R 1051/2019-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between Nap-Kings and Mr Guasch Pubill.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Mr Marcos Guasch Pubill to pay the costs.
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1 OJ C 359, 26.10.2020.