Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2018:694
Date: 2018-10-18
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Intellectual, industrial and commercial property;Designs
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Denmark

Action brought on 09 June 2017 – Linak v EUIPO – ChangZhou Kaidi Electrical (Shape of electrically operated lifting column) (Case T-367/17) Language in which the application was lodged: English Parties Applicant: Linak A/S (Nordborg, Denmark) (represented by: V. von Bomhard and J. Fuhrmann, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: ChangZhou Kaidi Electrical Co. Ltd (Changzhou, China) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Proprietor of the design at issue: Applicant Design at issue: Community design “Electrically operated lifting column” – Community design No 101 159-0001 Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 March 2017 in Case R 1411/2015-3 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; order EUIPO and the intervener to pay the costs of the Applicant. Plea in law Infringement of Article 6 of Regulation No 6/2002. ____________