62019TO0629(01)_INF
Order of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 16 October 2020 –L. Oliva Torras v EUIPO – Mecánica del Frío (Vehicle couplings)
(Case T‑629/19)
(Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing a coupling to hitch refrigeration or air conditioning equipment to a motor vehicle – Ground for invalidity – Failure to comply with the requirements for protection – Articles 4 to 9 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 – Extent of the examination carried out by the Board of Appeal – Pleas in law referring to the grounds of another decision – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
1.
Community designs – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Jurisdiction of the General Court – Review of the lawfulness of decisions of the Boards of Appeal – Limits
(see para. 25)
2.
Judicial proceedings – Decision taken by way of reasoned order – Conditions – Appeal manifestly inadmissible or manifestly lacking any foundation in law – Ineffective pleas in law – Pleas in law referring to the grounds of another decision
(Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 126)
(see paras 26, 47, 50, 62, 79)
3.
Community designs – Surrender and invalidity – Application for a declaration of invalidity – Examination of the application – Competence of the Office to examine all the requirements laid down in Articles 4 to 9 of Regulation No 6/2002 – Scope
(Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 4 to 9, 25(1)(b), 63(1), second sentence)
(see paras 51, 52)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 July 2019 (Case R 1399/2017-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between L. Oliva Torras and Mecánica del Frío.
Operative part
1.
The action is dismissed.
2.
L. Oliva Torras, SA shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by EUIPO and by Mecánica del Frío, SL.