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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 3 July 2024 –Canalones Castilla v EUIPO – Canalones Novokanal (Water-collection guttering or waterspout)
(Case T‑329/22) (
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(Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing water-collection guttering or a waterspout – Ground for invalidity – No individual character – Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 – Disclosure of the earlier design – Proof of disclosure)
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Community designs – Grounds for invalidity – No individual character – Previous disclosure of identical design – Proof of the disclosure
(Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 7(1); Commission Regulation No 2245/2002, Art. 28(1)(b)(v))
(see paragraphs 18-20, 28, 31)
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Community designs – Grounds for invalidity – No individual character – Design not giving the informed user a different overall impression from that produced by the earlier design – Representation of water-collection guttering or a waterspout
(Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))
(see paragraphs 35, 36, 53, 56, 61)
3.
Community designs – Grounds for invalidity – No individual character – Design not giving the informed user a different overall impression from that produced by the earlier design – Criteria for assessment – Freedom of the designer
(Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))
(see paragraphs 46, 47)
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Community designs – Grounds for invalidity – No individual character – Design not giving the informed user a different overall impression from that produced by the earlier design – Informed user – Concept
(Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))
(see paragraphs 50-52)
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Community designs – Grounds for invalidity – No individual character – Design not giving the informed user a different overall impression from that produced by the earlier design – Global assessment of all the elements of the earlier design
(Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))
(see paragraph 59)
6.
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; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 188)
(see paragraph 69)
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the action;
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Orders each party to bear its own costs.
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