Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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| European flag | Official Journal  of the European Union | EN  Series C |

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|  | C/2023/780 | 20.11.2023 |

Action brought on 3 October 2023 — Hamster Polska v EUIPO — Budotechnika (Outdoor toilets, Public toilets)

(Case T-611/23)

(C/2023/780)

Language in which the application was lodged: Polish

Parties

Applicant: Hamster Polska sp. z o.o. (Rybnik, Poland) (represented by: A. Szczurek, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Budotechnika sp. z o.o. (Pilchowice, Poland)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the design at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Design at issue: Community design for Outdoor toilets, Public toilets — Community design No 1 653 676-0005

Proceedings before EUIPO: Invalidity proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 August 2023 in Case R 49/2023-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision or amend it by rejecting the right to the contested design 1 653 676 0005; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings, including the costs incurred by the applicant in the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO; |

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| — | order the intervener to bear its own costs of participating in the proceedings before EUIPO and the General Court of the European Union |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 8(1), 53(1) and 63 of Regulation No 6/2002; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4(1), 5(2), 6, 7(1) and 53(1) of Regulation No 6/2002; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 62 of Regulation No 6/2002 |

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