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Case T-227/16: Judgment of the General Court of 21 June 2018 — Haverkamp IP v EUIPO — Sissel (Foot mat) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Registered Community design representing a foot mat — Earlier design — Grounds for invalidity — No individual character — Informed user — Degree of freedom of the designer — Proof of saturation of the state of the art — No different overall impression — Article 5 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Article 63(1) of Regulation No 6/2002)

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Judgment of the General Court of 21 June 2018 — Haverkamp IP v EUIPO — Sissel (Foot mat)

(Case T-227/16) (
[1](#t-C_2018276EN.01003901-E0001)
)

‛(Community design — Invalidity proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Registered Community design representing a foot mat — Earlier design — Grounds for invalidity — No individual character — Informed user — Degree of freedom of the designer — Proof of saturation of the state of the art — No different overall impression — Article 5 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Article 63(1) of Regulation No 6/2002)’

2018/C 276/65Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Haverkamp IP GmbH (Kindberg, Austria), authorised to replace Reinhard Haverkamp (represented by: A. Waldenberger, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Hanne and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Sissel GmbH (Bad Dürkheim, Germany)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 February 2016 (Case R 2618/2014-3) concerning invalidity proceedings between Sissel and Mr Haverkamp

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Haverkamp IP GmbH to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-C_2018276EN.01003901-E0001)
) [OJ C 243, 4.7.2016](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2016:243:TOC).

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