Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:566
Date: 2025-06-04
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Intellectual, industrial and commercial property;Designs
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment
Origin: Germany

Action brought on 8 November 2023 – Delta-Sport Handelskontor v EUIPO – Decathlon (Diving masks) (Case T-1061/23) Language in which the application was lodged: French Parties Applicant: Delta-Sport Handelskontor GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: N. Boespflug, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Decathlon (Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Proprietor of the design at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal Design at issue: Community design (Diving masks) – Community design No 2 526 699-0001 Proceedings before EUIPO: Invalidity proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 August 2023 in Case R 1731/2022-3 Forms of order sought The applicant claims that the General Court should: annul the contested decision and the contested design; order EUIPO to pay the costs. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 8(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002; Lack of individual character of the contested Community design for the purpose of Article 4(1) and Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002. ____________