Order of the General Court of 9 February 2024 – Ciar v EUIPO – Motion(Device for reclining/lifting)

(Case T-100/22) ¹

(Community design – Invalidity proceedings – No need to adjudicate)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Ciar SpA (Pesaro, Italy) (represented by: L. Goglia, S. Lavagnini and B. Villa, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Nicolás Gómez and R. Raponi, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Motion SpA (Forlì, Italy) (represented by: S. Corona and G. Ciccone, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 9 December 2021 (Case R 50/2017-3).

Operative part of the order

1.    There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the action.

2.    Ciar SpA and Motion SpA shall bear their own costs and each pay half of the costs incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).

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¹     OJ C 148, 4.4.2022.