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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 27 February 2020 –  
Bog-Fran v EUIPO — Fabryki Mebli ‘Forte’ (Furniture)

(Case T‑159/19)

(Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing an item of furniture — Ground for invalidity — No individual character — Disclosure of the earlier design — Proof of disclosure — Article 7 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)

| 1. | Community designs — Grounds for invalidity — No individual character — Disclosure to the public — Exception — Facts not reasonably capable of being known to specialist circles of the sector concerned  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 7(1))  (see para. 19) |

| 2. | Community designs — Grounds for invalidity — No individual character — Previous disclosure of identical design — Proof of the disclosure  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 7 and 65(1); Commission Regulation No 2245/2002, Art. 28(1)(b)(v) and (vi))  (see paras 20-22) |

| 3. | Community designs — Grounds for invalidity — No individual character — Previous disclosure of identical design — Representation of an item of furniture  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 7(1))  (see paras 29, 39, 42, 43) |

| 4. | Community designs — Appeals procedure — Action before the EU judicature — Power of the General Court to alter the contested decision — Limits  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 61(3))  (see para. 45) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 January 2019 (Case R 291/2018-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between Bog-Fran and Fabryki Mebli ‘Forte’.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 14 January 2019 (Case R 291/2018-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between Bog-Fran sp. z o.o. sp.k. and Fabryki Mebli ‘Forte’ S.A.; |

| 2. | Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |

| 3. | Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Bog-Fran; |

| 4. | Orders Fabryki Mebli ‘Forte’ to bear its own costs. |

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