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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 20 September 2023 –Breville v EUIPO (Cooking devices)
(Case T‑616/22) (
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(Community design – Registered Community design representing cooking devices – Application for registration’s renewal – Application for restitutio in integrum – Article 67 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)
1.
Community designs – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Jurisdiction of the General Court – Re-evaluation of the facts in the light of evidence produced for the first time before it – Not included
(Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 61(2))
(see paragraph 26)
2.
Community designs – Procedural provisions – Restitutio in integrum – Conditions – Due care required by the circumstances – Delegation of administrative tasks relating to renewal of a design
(Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 67(1))
(see paragraphs 28, 29, 46)
3.
Community designs – Procedural provisions – Restitutio in integrum – Time-limit for lodging an application – 60937 / Date de prise de connaissance, par le représentant du titulaire de la marque, de la perte d’un droit
(Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 67(2); Commission Regulation No 2245/2002, Arts 22(5) and 40(1))
(see paragraphs 30, 37)
4.
Community designs – Decisions of EUIPO – Principle of equal treatment – Principle of good administration– EUIPO’s previous decision-making practice – Principle of legality
(Council Regulation No 6/2002)
(see paragraph 51)
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Breville Pty Ltd to pay the costs.
(
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)	OJ C 441, 21.11.2022.