Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2024:224
Date: 2024-04-10
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Intellectual, industrial and commercial property;Designs
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Action brought on 10 February 2023 – SunPower v EUIPO – Germann (Solar panels (part of -)) (Case T-62/23) Language in which the application was lodged: English Parties Applicant: SunPower Corp. (San Jose, California, United States) (represented by: U. Lüken and J. Bärenfänger, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Anne Germann (Düsseldorf, Germany) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Proprietor of the design at issue: Applicant before the General Court Design at issue: Community design 2684043-0001 Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 9 December 2022 in Case R 1588/2021-3 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision and declare the design at issue valid; alternatively, annul the contested decision and remit the case to the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO; order EUIPO to pay the costs. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 3(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 in relation to the subject matter of protection; Infringement of Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 in relation to the individual character of the design at issue. ____________