Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2024:851
Date: 2024-11-20
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Intellectual, industrial and commercial property;Designs
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 20 November 2024 – Lidl Digital International v EUIPO – Ningbo Hanyuan Lighting (Lamp) (Case T‑471/23) (1) ( Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing a lamp – Disclosure of the earlier design – Proof of disclosure – Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 ) 1. Community designs – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Jurisdiction of the General Court – Re-evaluation of the facts in the light of evidence produced for the first time before it – Precluded (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 188; Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 61) (see paragraphs 15, 16) 2. Community designs – Grounds for invalidity – Lack of novelty – Previous disclosure of identical design – Proof of the disclosure (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 5(1)(b) and 7(1)) (see paragraphs 29-36, 44, 47) 3. Community designs – Grounds for invalidity – Lack of novelty – Previous disclosure of identical design – Representation of a lamp (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 5(1)(b) and 7(1)) (see paragraphs 45, 52, 54) Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Lidl Digital International GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs. 1 OJ C 329, 18.9.2023.