Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:946
Date: 2025-10-08
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: Bulgaria

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 8 October 2025 – Doors Bulgaria v EUIPO – Top Ten (Doors) (Case T‑586/24) ( EU design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered EU design representing doors – Late filing of the statement setting out the grounds of appeal before the Board of Appeal – Calculation of time limits – Action inadmissible – Article 57 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 and Article 51(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002 – Restitutio in integrum – Failure to pay the fee – Article 67(3) of Regulation No 6/2002 ) 1. EU designs – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Jurisdiction of the General Court – Directions issued to EUIPO – Precluded (Art. 263 TFEU; Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 61(6)) (see paragraph 14) 2. EU designs – Procedural provisions – Notification – Notification by ordinary mail (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 66) (see paragraphs 28, 29, 32) 3. EU designs – Decisions of EUIPO – No obligation to inform the parties of the judicial remedies available and of the time limits (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 67) (see paragraph 42) 4. EU designs – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Pleas in law – Plea not challenging the grounds of the decision – Plea ineffective (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 61) (see paragraph 47) Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Doors Bulgaria EOOD, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and Top Ten EOOD each to bear their own costs.