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Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 29 April 2020 –  
Bergslagernas Järnvaru v EUIPO — Scheppach Fabrikation von Holzbearbeitungsmaschinen (Wood-splitting tool)

(Case T‑73/19)

(Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a wood-splitting tool — Earlier national design — Ground for invalidity — No individual character — No different overall impression — Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Infringement of the rights of the defence — Article 62 of Regulation No 6/2002)

| 1. | Community designs — Procedural provisions — Decisions of the Office — Observance of the rights of the defence — Scope of the principle  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 62)  (see paras 15, 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 — Global assessment of all the elements of the earlier design  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 24, 38, 39, 41, 42, 52, 69) |

| 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  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see para. 25) |

| 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 — Informed user — Definition  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 26, 58, 64, 70, 75) |

| 5. | 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 tool for cutting wood  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 27, 28, 40, 43, 46, 53-56, 63, 65, 71-74, 77) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 November 2018 (Case R 1455/2018-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between Scheppach Fabrikation von Holzbearbeitungsmaschinen and Bergslagernas Järnvaru.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Bergslagernas Järnvaruaktiebolag to pay the costs. |

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