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Case T-1158/23: Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2025 – deluxe holding v EUIPO – Piffany Copenhagen (Electric candles) (Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing electric candles – Ground for invalidity – Lack of individual character – Degree of freedom of the designer – No different overall impression – Articles 4 and 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 – Rights of the defence – Scope of the examination carried out by the Board of Appeal)
Case T-1158/23: Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2025 – deluxe holding v EUIPO – Piffany Copenhagen (Electric candles) (Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing electric candles – Ground for invalidity – Lack of individual character – Degree of freedom of the designer – No different overall impression – Articles 4 and 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 – Rights of the defence – Scope of the examination carried out by the Board of Appeal)
Case T-1158/23: Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2025 – deluxe holding v EUIPO – Piffany Copenhagen (Electric candles) (Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing electric candles – Ground for invalidity – Lack of individual character – Degree of freedom of the designer – No different overall impression – Articles 4 and 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 – Rights of the defence – Scope of the examination carried out by the Board of Appeal)
OJ C, C/2025/2381, 28.4.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2381/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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Official Journal |
EN C series |
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C/2025/2381 |
28.4.2025 |
Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2025 – deluxe holding v EUIPO – Piffany Copenhagen (Electric candles)
(Case T-1158/23) (1)
(Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered Community design representing electric candles - Ground for invalidity - Lack of individual character - Degree of freedom of the designer - No different overall impression - Articles 4 and 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 - Rights of the defence - Scope of the examination carried out by the Board of Appeal)
(C/2025/2381)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: deluxe holding ApS (Kolding, Denmark) (represented by: J. Løje, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Piffany Copenhagen ApS (Helsinge, Denmark) (represented by: J. Petersen, lawyer)
Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 9 October 2023 (Case R 810/2022-3).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders deluxe holding ApS to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and Piffany Copenhagen ApS. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2381/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)