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Document 62020TA0503
Case T-503/20: Judgment of the General Court of 22 September 2021 — T i D kontrolni sistemi v EUIPO –Sigmatron (Signalling apparatuses and devices) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing signalling apparatuses and devices — Earlier Community design — Ground for invalidity — No individual character — Declaration of invalidity of a prior design — No effect — Disclosure of the earlier design — Informed user — Degree of freedom of the designer — No different overall impression — Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)
Case T-503/20: Judgment of the General Court of 22 September 2021 — T i D kontrolni sistemi v EUIPO –Sigmatron (Signalling apparatuses and devices) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing signalling apparatuses and devices — Earlier Community design — Ground for invalidity — No individual character — Declaration of invalidity of a prior design — No effect — Disclosure of the earlier design — Informed user — Degree of freedom of the designer — No different overall impression — Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)
Case T-503/20: Judgment of the General Court of 22 September 2021 — T i D kontrolni sistemi v EUIPO –Sigmatron (Signalling apparatuses and devices) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing signalling apparatuses and devices — Earlier Community design — Ground for invalidity — No individual character — Declaration of invalidity of a prior design — No effect — Disclosure of the earlier design — Informed user — Degree of freedom of the designer — No different overall impression — Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)
IO C 513, 20.12.2021, p. 26–26
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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20.12.2021 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 513/26 |
Judgment of the General Court of 22 September 2021 — T i D kontrolni sistemi v EUIPO –Sigmatron (Signalling apparatuses and devices)
(Case T-503/20) (1)
(Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered Community design representing signalling apparatuses and devices - Earlier Community design - Ground for invalidity - No individual character - Declaration of invalidity of a prior design - No effect - Disclosure of the earlier design - Informed user - Degree of freedom of the designer - No different overall impression - Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)
(2021/C 513/38)
Language of the case: Bulgarian
Parties
Applicant: T i D kontrolni sistemi EOOD (Varna, Bulgaria) (represented by: P. Priparzhenski, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: P. Georgieva and A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Sigmatron EOOD (Sofia, Bulgaria) (represented by: A. Kostov, lawyer).
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 30 April 2020 (Case R 956/2019-3) relating to invalidity proceedings between Sigmatron and T i D kontrolni sistemi.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders T i D kontrolni sistemi EOOD to pay the costs. |