Judgment of the General Court of 1 December 2021 – Jieyang Defa Industry v EUIPO – Mattel (Doll’s Head)
(Case T-84/21) 1
(Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing a doll’s head – Earlier design – Ground for invalidity – No individual character – Degree of freedom of the designer – No different overall impression – Articles 6 and 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Jieyang Defa Industry Co. Ltd (Jieyang, People’s Republic of China) (represented by: C. Bercial Arias and F. Codevelle, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Mattel, Inc. (El Segundo, California, United States) (represented by: A. Pompe-Ciszewska and P. Mleczak, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 December 2020 (Case R 2021/2019-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between Mattel and Jieyang Defa Industry Co.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Jieyang Defa Industry Co. Ltd to pay the costs.
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1 OJ C 110, 29.3.2021.