Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2023:344
Date: 2023-06-21
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Intellectual, industrial and commercial property;Designs
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: Austria

Judgment of the General Court of 21 June 2023 – Rauch Furnace Technology v EUIPO – Musto et Bureau (melting crucible) (Case T-347/22) 1 (Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Community design representing a melting crucible – Prior design – Ground for invalidity – Lack of individual character – No different overall impression – Disclosure of prior design – Articles 6, 7 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 – Evidence filed in a language other than the language of the proceedings – Article 29(1) and (5), and Article 81(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002 – Facts or evidence relied on for the first time before the Board of Appeal – Article 63 of Regulation No 6/2002) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Rauch Furnace Technology GmbH (Gmunden, Austria) (represented by: M. Traxler, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Nicolás Gómez and D. Hanf, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Musto et Bureau Srl (Osteria Grande, Italy) (represented by: F. De Sanzuane, lawyer) 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 29 March 2022 (Case R 1697/2021-3). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Rauch Furnace Technology GmbH to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Musto et Bureau Srl; 3. Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 294, 1.8.2022.