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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)

    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.


    (1)  OJ C 110, 29.3.2021.


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