62024CJ0323_SUM
Case C‑323/24
Deity Shoes, S.L.
v
Mundorama Confort, S.L.andStay Design, S.L.
(Request for a preliminary rulingfrom the Juzgado de lo Mercantil no 1 de Alicante)
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 18 December 2025
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Intellectual property – Community designs – Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 – Articles 4 to 6 and 14 – Conditions for the protection of a design – Novelty – Individual character – Visual characteristics predetermined by a third party – Freedom of the designer in developing the design – Concept of ‘informed user’ – Influence of features linked to fashion trends)
EU designs – Conditions for protection – Novelty – Individual character – No obligation on the owner or designer of the design concerned to demonstrate a minimum degree of creation
(Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 4 to 6 and 14)
(see paragraphs 27-33, operative part 1)
EU designs – Conditions for protection – Individual character – Design giving the informed user a different overall impression from that produced by the earlier design – Criteria for assessment – Visual characteristics predetermined by a third party – Irrelevant
(Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 6)
(see paragraphs 36-39, 54, operative part 2, first indent)
EU designs – Conditions for protection – Individual character – Design giving the informed user a different overall impression from that produced by the earlier design – Criteria for assessment – Freedom of the designer – Features resulting from fashion trends – Irrelevant
(Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 6)
(see paragraphs 43-54, operative part 2, second indent)
See the text of the decision.