Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2019:380
Date: 2019-06-06
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Intellectual, industrial and commercial property;Designs
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 6 June 2019 — Porsche v EUIPO — Autec (Cars) (Case T-210/18) 1 (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a car — Earlier Community design — Ground for invalidity — No individual character — Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Stuttgart, Germany) (represented by: C. Klawitter, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Hanne, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Autec AG (Nuremberg, Germany) (represented by: M. Krogmann, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of19 January 2018 (Case R 941/2016-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between Autec AG and Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 166, 14.5.2018.