Information;Order — ECLI:EU:T:2023:357
Date: 2023-06-21;2024-01-24
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Intellectual, industrial and commercial property;Designs
Procedure: Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: Germany

Order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 21 June 2023 – Delta Sport Handelskontor v EUIPO – Lego (Building blocks from a toy building set) (Case T‑537/22) (Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing a building block from a toy building set – Cross-claim – Request for alteration – No interest in bringing proceedings – Inadmissibility) Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Interest in bringing proceedings – Need for a vested and present interest – Assessment at the time when the action was brought – Action capable of securing a benefit for the applicant – Lack – Inadmissibility (Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU) (see paragraph 34) Operative part 1. The cross-claim is dismissed as being inadmissible. 2. Lego A/S shall bear its own costs and those incurred by Delta Sport Handelskontor GmbH relating to the cross-claim proceedings. 3. The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shall bear its own costs incurred in the cross-claim proceedings.