Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 9 October 2024 –  
Jopp – Pol Eksport – Import Ryszard Jopp – Krzysztof Jopp v EUIPO – SmarTT (Furniture legs)

(Case T‑554/23) (
[1](#t-ECR_62023TJ0554_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing furniture legs – Lack of individual character – Lack of different overall impression – Informed user – End user – Normal use – Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 – Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation No 6/2002 – Examination by the Office of the facts of its own motion – Article 63(1) of Regulation No 6/2002)

| 1. | Community designs – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Jurisdiction of the General Court – Direction addressed to the Office – Precluded  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 61(3) and (6))  (see paragraph 14) |

| 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 – Overall assessment of all the elements presented by the designs – Scope – Taking into account of the goods actually marketed – Conditions  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6, 7 and 25(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 26, 63) |

| 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 – Representation of furniture legs  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 35, 65, 73, 77, 79) |

| 4. | Community designs – Grounds for invalidity – No individual character – Informed user – Concept  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 72, 74) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Przedsiębiorstwo produkcyjno – usługowo – handlowe Jopp – Pol Eksport – Import Ryszard Jopp – Krzysztof Jopp sp.j. to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62023TJ0554_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 226, 23.10.2023](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2023:226:TOC).

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