Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:9
Date: 2025-01-15
Language of the case: Polish
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Intellectual, industrial and commercial property;Designs;Trade marks
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Poland

Judgment of the General Court of 15 January 2025 – ADS L. Kowalik, B. Włodarczyk v EUIPO – ESSAtech (Accessory for wireless remote controls) (Case T-1065/23) 1 (Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing an accessory for a wireless remote control – Ground for invalidity – Characteristics of the appearance of a product dictated exclusively by its technical function – Article 8(1) and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 – Facts relied on or evidence adduced for the first time before the Board of Appeal – Article 63(2) of Regulation No 6/2002 and Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 – Rights of the defence – Article 62 of Regulation No 6/2002 – Principle of sound administration – Article 41(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights – Obligation to state reasons – Article 41(2)(c) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights) Language of the case: Polish Parties Applicant: ADS L. Kowalik, B. Włodarczyk s.c. (Sosnowiec, Poland) (represented by: M. Oleksyn and M. Stępkowski, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Chylińska and J. Ivanauskas, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: ESSAtech (Přistoupim, Czech Republic) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 6 September 2023 (Case R 1072/2020-3). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders ADS L. Kowalik, B. Włodarczyk s.c. to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C C/2024/426, 3.1.2024.