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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 3 July 2024 –  
Canalones Castilla v EUIPO – Canalones Novokanal (Water-collection guttering or waterspout)

(Case T‑329/22) (
[1](#t-ECR_62022TJ0329_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing water-collection guttering or a waterspout – Ground for invalidity – No individual character – Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 – Disclosure of the earlier design – Proof of disclosure)

| 1. | Community designs – Grounds for invalidity – No individual character – Previous disclosure of identical design – Proof of the disclosure  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 7(1); Commission Regulation No 2245/2002, Art. 28(1)(b)(v))  (see paragraphs 18-20, 28, 31) |

| 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 – Representation of water-collection guttering or a waterspout  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 35, 36, 53, 56, 61) |

| 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 – Freedom of the designer  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 46, 47) |

| 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 – Concept  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 50-52) |

| 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 – Global assessment of all the elements of the earlier design  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paragraph 59) |

| 6. | Community designs – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Jurisdiction of the General Court – Re-evaluation of the facts in the light of evidence produced for the first time before it – Not included  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 61; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 188)  (see paragraph 69) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders each party to bear its own costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62022TJ0329_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 7, 9.1.2023](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2023:007:TOC).

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