Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2020:486
Date: 2020-10-15
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Intellectual, industrial and commercial property;Designs
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Czechia

Judgment of the General Court of 15 October 2020 – Dvectis CZ v EUIPO – Yado (Support pillow) (Case T-818/19) 1 (Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered community design representing a support pillow – Earlier Community design – Ground for invalidity – No individual character – 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 – Obligation to state reasons) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Dvectis CZ s. r. o. (Brno, Czech Republic) (represented by: J. Svojanovská, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Yado s. r. o. (Handlová, Slovakia) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 September 2019 (Case R 513/2018-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between Yado and Dvectis CZ. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Dvectis CZ s. r. o. to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 27, 27.1.2020.