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Case T-554/23: Action brought on 9 September 2023 — Jopp — Pol Eksport — Import Ryszard Jopp — Krzysztof Jopp v EUIPO — SmarTT (Furniture legs))
Date: 2023-09-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: designs and models, furniture industry








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Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/226


23.10.2023





Action brought on 9 September 2023 — Jopp — Pol Eksport — Import Ryszard Jopp — Krzysztof Jopp v EUIPO — SmarTT (Furniture legs))
(Case T-554/23)
(C/2023/226)
Language in which the application was lodged: Polish

Parties


Applicant: Przedsiębiorstwo produkcyjno — usługowo — handlowe Jopp — Pol Eksport — Import Ryszard Jopp — Krzysztof Jopp sp.j. (Ryczywół, Poland) (represented by: A. Korbela, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party: SmarTT sp. z o.o. (Kobielice, Poland)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the design at issue: Applicant

Design at issue: Community design for furniture legs — Community design No 3 844 620-0001

Proceedings before EUIPO: Invalidity proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 June 2023 in Case R 367/2022-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






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annul the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 June 2023 in Case R 367/2022-3, declaring invalid RCD 003844620-0001;










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annul the decision (preceding the abovementioned decision) of the Invalidity Division of 12 January 2022, issued in Case No ICD 114 423, declaring invalid the abovementioned RCD 003844620-0001;










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refer back to EUIPO the examination of the application of 4 December 2020 seeking that the registration of RCD 003844620-0001 be declared invalid, lodged by SmarTT Spółka z o. o.;










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require EUIPO to take the necessary measures to comply with the obligation under Article 61(6) of Council Regulation No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs, including:






(a)


correctly defining the term ‘informed user’, which may be a professional or a consumer but not a person who has never bought the goods to which the protected design applies and for which it is used;










(b)


not favouring entities using unfair commercial practices;










(c)


refraining from using as proof of disclosure ineligible material, the nature of which does not allow for comparison with the design at issue;














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order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings.





Pleas in law







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Infringment of the Treaty establishing the European Community, which states that the aim of its establishment is to ensure ‘fair competition’;










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Infringement of Article 3(a) and (c), Article 4(2)(a) and (b), Article 4(2), Article 5(1), Article 7(1), Article 25(1)(b), read in conjunction with Article 6(1), Article 59, Article 62, Article 65 and Article 68 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/226/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-561/23 P: Appeal brought on 9 September 2023 by Vincent Thunus and Others against the order of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 30 June 2023 in Case T-666/20
Date: 2023-09-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: damages, interest, pay, proof, servant (EU), staff regulations (EU), wage determination








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Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1288


11.12.2023





Appeal brought on 9 September 2023 by Vincent Thunus and Others against the order of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 30 June 2023 in Case T-666/20
(Case C-561/23 P)
(C/2023/1288)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellants: Vincent Thunus, Jaime Barragán, Alexandra Felten, Manuel Sutil, Patrick Vanhoudt (represented by: L. Levi, avocate)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Investment Bank; Marc D’hooge

Form of order sought

The appellants claim that the Court should:






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set aside the order of the General Court of 30 June 2023 in Case T-666/20;










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consequently, uphold the claims of the appellants at first instance and, accordingly






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declare the present action, including the plea of illegality it contains, admissible and well-founded;










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consequently:






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annul the decision contained in the applicants’ salary slips for March 2020, a decision fixing the annual adjustment of the basic salary limited to 0,7 % for the year 2020 as from 1 January 2020, and, therefore, annul similar decisions contained in subsequent salary slips;










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therefore, order the defendant to pay compensation for material damage of (i) the salary balance corresponding to the application of the annual adjustment for 2020, that is an increase of 1 % for the period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020; (ii) the salary balance corresponding to the consequences of the application of the annual adjustment of 0,7 % for 2020 on the amount of salaries to be paid as from January 2020; (iii) default interest on outstanding salary balances until full payment of the sums due, the rate of default interest to be applied being calculated on the basis of the rate set by the European Central Bank for the main refinancing operations, applicable during the period concerned, increased by 3 points;


















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order the defendant to pay the entirety of the costs.





Grounds of appeal and main arguments







1.


As regards the unlawfulness of the decision of 18 July 2017: infringement of Article 20 of the Staff Regulations and Annex 1 thereto — infringement of the General Court’s obligation to state reasons — distortion of evidence.










2.


As regards the unlawfulness of the decisions of 12 December 2019 and of 6 February 2020: infringement of Article 20 of the Staff Regulations and Annex 1 thereto — infringement of the General Court’s obligation to state reasons — distortion of evidence.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1288/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)