Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2024 – Puma v EUIPO – Fujian Daocheng Electronic Commerce (Footwear)

(Case T-758/22) ¹

(Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing a shoe – Earlier Community designs – Grounds for invalidity – Individual character – Article 25(1)(b) and Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Puma SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany) (represented by: M. Schunke and P. Trieb, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Fujian Daocheng Electronic Commerce Co. Ltd (Quanzhou, China)

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 21 September 2022 (Case R 1876/2021-3).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders Puma SE to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 35, 30.1.2023.