Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2021:615
Date: 2021-09-22
Language of the case: German
Subject matter: Intellectual, industrial and commercial property;Designs
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Netherlands

Judgment of the General Court of 22 September 2021 – Asian Gear v EUIPO – Multimox (Scooter) (Case T-686/20) 1 (Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered community design representing a scooter – Earlier design – Ground for invalidity – Disclosure of the earlier design – Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Asian Gear BV (Pijnacker, Netherlands) (represented by: B. Gravendeel, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Markakis, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Multimox Holding BV (Rijen, Netherlands) (represented by: J. Schmidt, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 September 2020 (Case R 1043/2018-3) relating to invalidity proceedings between Asian Gear and Multimox Holding. Operative part of the judgment The General Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Asian Gear BV to pay the costs, including the costs necessarily incurred by Multimox Holding BV for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). ____________ 1 OJ C 35, 1.2.2021.