Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2020:77
Date: 2020-02-27
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Intellectual, industrial and commercial property;Designs
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - successful
Origin: Poland

Judgment of the General Court of 27 February 2020 — Bog-Fran v EUIPO — Fabryki Mebli “Forte” (Furniture) (Case T-159/19) 1 (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing an item of furniture — Ground for invalidity — No individual character — Disclosure of the earlier design — Proof of disclosure — Article 7 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Bog-Fran sp. z o.o. sp.k. (Warsaw, Poland) (represented by: M. Mikosza, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Gája and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Fabryki Mebli “Forte” S.A. (Ostrów Mazowiecka, Poland) (represented by: H. Basiński, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 January 2019 (Case R 291/2018-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between Bog-Fran and Fabryki Mebli “Forte”. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Annuls the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 14 January 2019 (Case R 291/2018-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between Bog-Fran sp. z o.o. sp.k. and Fabryki Mebli “Forte” S.A.; Dismisses the action as to the remainder; Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Bog-Fran; Orders Fabryki Mebli “Forte” to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 155, 6.5.2019.