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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 2 February 2022 –Novelis Deutschland v EUIPO – CU.CO. (grill dish)
(Case T‑173/21)
(Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing a grill dish – Earlier national design – Ground for invalidity – No individual character – Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)
1.
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 paras 20, 21)
2.
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 paras 22-24, 29)
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 – Creative licence
(Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6 and 25(1)(b))
(see paras 25, 26)
4.
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 a grill dish
(Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))
(see paras 30, 32, 33, 38, 39)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 1 February 2021 (Case R 1856/2019-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between Cuki Cofresco and Novelis Deutschland.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Novelis Deutschland GmbH to pay the costs.