Action brought on 9 February 2021 – Jieyang Defa Industry v EUIPO – Mattel (Dolls’ head)

(Case T-84/21)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Jieyang Defa Industry Co. Ltd (Jiedong, China) (represented by: C. Bercial Arias, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Mattel, Inc. (El Segundo, California, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the design at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Design at issue: Community design No 2 459 701-0001

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 December 2020 in Case R 2021/2019-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

upheld the appeal and annul the contested decision;

order EUIPO and the intervener, if it was the case, to bear the costs incurred by the applicant before the General Court.

Plea in law

Infringement of Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4 and 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002.

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