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Document 62025TA0579
Case T-579/25: Judgment of the General Court of 29 April 2026 – Doors Bulgaria v EUIPO – Top Ten (Doors) (EU design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered EU design representing doors – Disclosure of the earlier design – Proof of the disclosure – Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)
Case T-579/25: Judgment of the General Court of 29 April 2026 – Doors Bulgaria v EUIPO – Top Ten (Doors) (EU design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered EU design representing doors – Disclosure of the earlier design – Proof of the disclosure – Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)
Case T-579/25: Judgment of the General Court of 29 April 2026 – Doors Bulgaria v EUIPO – Top Ten (Doors) (EU design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered EU design representing doors – Disclosure of the earlier design – Proof of the disclosure – Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)
OJ C, C/2026/3067, 15.6.2026, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/3067/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/2026/3067 |
15.6.2026 |
Judgment of the General Court of 29 April 2026 – Doors Bulgaria v EUIPO – Top Ten (Doors)
(Case T-579/25) (1)
(EU design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered EU design representing doors - Disclosure of the earlier design - Proof of the disclosure - Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)
(C/2026/3067)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Doors Bulgaria EOOD (Sofia, Bulgaria) (represented by: M. Todorov, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Lobotková and J. Ivanauskas, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Top Ten EOOD (Plovdiv, Bulgaria) (represented by: S. Sirakov, lawyer)
Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and alteration of the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 23 June 2025 (Case R 1157/2024-3).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Doors Bulgaria EOOD to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Top Ten EOOD; |
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Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/3067/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)