Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2024:456
Date: 2024-07-10
Language of the case: Italian
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - successful
Origin: Italy

Judgment of the General Court of 10 July 2024 – Azienda Agricola F.lli Buccelletti Srl v EUIPO – Sunservice (Poles for supporting plants) (Case T-210/23) 1 (Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing poles for supporting plants – Earlier design – Ground for invalidity – 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: Italian Parties Applicant: Azienda Agricola F.lli Buccelletti Srl (Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy) (represented by: A. Pagani, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Capostagno and R. Raponi, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Sunservice Srl (Castiglione del Lago, Italy) (represented by: E. Verdelli and S. Papalini, lawyers) 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 20 February 2023 (Case R 370/2022-3). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Annuls the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 20 February 2023 (Case R 370/2022-3); 2. Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs; 3. Orders Sunservice Srl to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Azienda Agricola F.lli Buccelletti Srl in the proceedings before the General Court and in the procedure before the Board of Appeal. ____________ 1 OJ C 216, 19.6.2023.