Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 20 September 2023 –  
Breville v EUIPO (Cooking devices)

(Case T‑616/22) (
[1](#t-ECR_62022TJ0616_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(Community design – Registered Community design representing cooking devices – Application for registration’s renewal – Application for restitutio in integrum – Article 67 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)

| 1. | 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(2))  (see paragraph 26) |

| 2. | Community designs – Procedural provisions – Restitutio in integrum – Conditions – Due care required by the circumstances – Delegation of administrative tasks relating to renewal of a design  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 67(1))  (see paragraphs 28, 29, 46) |

| 3. | Community designs – Procedural provisions – Restitutio in integrum – Time-limit for lodging an application – 60937 / Date de prise de connaissance, par le représentant du titulaire de la marque, de la perte d’un droit  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 67(2); Commission Regulation No 2245/2002, Arts 22(5) and 40(1))  (see paragraphs 30, 37) |

| 4. | Community designs – Decisions of EUIPO – Principle of equal treatment – Principle of good administration– EUIPO’s previous decision-making practice – Principle of legality  (Council Regulation No 6/2002)  (see paragraph 51) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Breville Pty Ltd to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62022TJ0616_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 441, 21.11.2022](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2022:441:TOC).

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