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Order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 7 March 2023 –Ciar v EUIPO – Motion (Tilting/lifting device)
(Case T‑100/22)
(Action for annulment – Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing a tilting/lifting device – Cross-claim – No interest in bringing proceedings – Inadmissibility)
1.
Community designs – Appeals procedure – Persons entitled to appeal and to be parties to the proceedings – Persons concerned by a decision adversely affecting them – Decision granting the application in part, on the basis of one of the grounds for refusal of registration or for invalidity or on the basis of only part of the arguments put forward – Reliance upon future and uncertain situations to justify the interest in applying for annulment of the decision – No interest in bringing proceedings – Inadmissibility
(Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 61(4))
(see paragraphs 17-20, 23)
2.
Action for annulment – Jurisdiction of the EU judicature – Head of claim seeking a confirmatory ruling – Lack of jurisdiction
(Art. 263 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 26, 28)
Operative part
1.
The cross-claim is dismissed.
2.
Motion SpA shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by Ciar SpA.
3.
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shall bear its own costs.