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Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 9 March 2012. # Coverpla v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered Community design representing a bottle - Prior design - Ground for invalidity - Disclosure of prior design - Absence of novelty - Articles 5 and 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002. # Case T-450/08.
Presuda Općeg suda (prvo vijeće) od 2012. ožujak 09.
Coverpla protiv Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs).
Predmet T-450/08.
Presuda Općeg suda (prvo vijeće) od 2012. ožujak 09.
Coverpla protiv Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs).
Predmet T-450/08.
Court reports – general – 'Information on unpublished decisions' section
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2012:117
Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 9 March 2012 — Coverpla v OHIM – Heinz‑Glas (Flacon)
(Case T-450/08)
Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a bottle — Prior design — Ground for invalidity — Disclosure of prior design — Absence of novelty — Articles 5 and 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002
1. Community design — Ground for invalidity — No individual character — Disclosure by the designer or his successor in title — Proof of the disclosure (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 5(1)(b), and 7(1)) (see paras 20-23)
Re:
| ACTION brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of OHIM of 7 July 2008 (Case R 1411/2007-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between Heinz-Glas GmbH and Coverpla in respect of a Community design. |
Operative part
The Court:
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1. |
Dismisses the action; |
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2. |
Orders Coverpla to pay the costs. |