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Document 62023TA0077
Case T-77/23: Judgment of the General Court of 29 May 2024 – Jaw de Croon v CPVO – Belgicactus (Belsemred1) (Plant varieties – Invalidity proceedings – Grant of a Community plant variety right for the variety Sempervivum Belsemred1 – Novelty of the variety – Distinctness of the variety – Article 20(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 – Articles 7 and 10 of Regulation No 2100/94 – Burden of proof – Lack of evidence)
Case T-77/23: Judgment of the General Court of 29 May 2024 – Jaw de Croon v CPVO – Belgicactus (Belsemred1) (Plant varieties – Invalidity proceedings – Grant of a Community plant variety right for the variety Sempervivum Belsemred1 – Novelty of the variety – Distinctness of the variety – Article 20(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 – Articles 7 and 10 of Regulation No 2100/94 – Burden of proof – Lack of evidence)
Case T-77/23: Judgment of the General Court of 29 May 2024 – Jaw de Croon v CPVO – Belgicactus (Belsemred1) (Plant varieties – Invalidity proceedings – Grant of a Community plant variety right for the variety Sempervivum Belsemred1 – Novelty of the variety – Distinctness of the variety – Article 20(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 – Articles 7 and 10 of Regulation No 2100/94 – Burden of proof – Lack of evidence)
OJ C, C/2024/4329, 15.7.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4329/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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EN C series |
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C/2024/4329 |
15.7.2024 |
Judgment of the General Court of 29 May 2024 – Jaw de Croon v CPVO – Belgicactus (Belsemred1)
(Case T-77/23) (1)
(Plant varieties - Invalidity proceedings - Grant of a Community plant variety right for the variety Sempervivum Belsemred1 - Novelty of the variety - Distinctness of the variety - Article 20(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 - Articles 7 and 10 of Regulation No 2100/94 - Burden of proof - Lack of evidence)
(C/2024/4329)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Jaw de Croon Holding BV (Apeldoorn, Netherlands) (represented by: T. Overdijk, lawyer)
Defendant: Community Plant Variety Office (represented by: M. García-Moncó Fuente, F. Mattina and O. Lamberti, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of the CPVO, intervener before the General Court: Belgicactus (Westerlo, Belgium) (represented by: C. van den Heuvel, lawyer)
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By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Board of Appeal of the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) of 16 December 2022 (Case A 24/2021).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Jaw de Croon Holding BV to pay the costs. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4329/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)