This document is an excerpt from the EUR-Lex website
Document 62021TA0084
Case T-84/21: Judgment of the General Court of 1 December 2021 — Jieyang Defa Industry v EUIPO — Mattel (Doll’s Head) (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)
Case T-84/21: Judgment of the General Court of 1 December 2021 — Jieyang Defa Industry v EUIPO — Mattel (Doll’s Head) (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)
Case T-84/21: Judgment of the General Court of 1 December 2021 — Jieyang Defa Industry v EUIPO — Mattel (Doll’s Head) (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)
OJ C 51, 31.1.2022, p. 31–31
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
|
31.1.2022 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 51/31 |
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)
(2022/C 51/43)
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:
|
1. |
Dismisses the action; |
|
2. |
Orders Jieyang Defa Industry Co. Ltd to pay the costs. |