Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2024:147
Date: 2024-03-06
Language of the case: English
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 6 March 2024 – Puma v EUIPO – Handelsmaatschappij J. Van Hilst (Shoe) (Case T-647/22) (1) ( Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered community design representing a shoe – Disclosure of the prior design – Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 ) 1. Community designs – Grounds for invalidity – No individual character – Objective assessment (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b)) (see paragraph 15) 2. Community designs – Grounds for invalidity – No individual character – Design not giving the informed user a different overall impression from that produced by the earlier design – Global assessment of all the elements of the earlier design (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b)) (see paragraph 25) 3. Community designs – Grounds for invalidity – No individual character – Disclosure to the public – Proof of the disclosure (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 7(1), 25(1)(b) and 65(1); Commission Regulation No 2245/2002, Art. 28(1)(b)(v) and (vi)) (see paragraphs 29-34, 60) Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Puma SE to pay the costs. 1 OJ C 463, 5.12.2022.