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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 12 March 2020 –  
Gamma-A v EUIPO — Zivju pārstrādes uzņēmumu serviss (Packaging for foodstuffs)

(Case T‑353/19)

(Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing packaging for foodstuffs — Earlier design — Proof of disclosure — Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Ground for invalidity — No individual character — No different overall impression — Article 6(1)(b) and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)

| 1. | Community designs — Appeals procedure — Action before the EU judicature — Jurisdiction of the General Court — Declaratory judgments — Precluded  (Art. 266 TFEU; Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 61(3) and (6))  (see para. 13) |

| 2. | Community designs — Grounds for invalidity — No individual character — Disclosure to the public — Proof of disclosure  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1), 7(1), 25(1)(b) and 65(1); Commission Regulation No 2245/2002, Art. 28(1)(b)(v) and (vi))  (see paras 19-22, 31) |

| 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 — Global assessment of all the elements of the earlier design  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6 and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 39, 40, 62) |

| 4. | 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 packaging for foodstuffs  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 47, 63, 66, 68-70) |

| 5. | 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 — Global assessment of all the elements of the earlier design — Nature of the product incorporating a design — Effect  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Recital 14 and Arts 6(1), 25(1)(b) and 36(6))  (see paras 51, 52) |

| 6. | 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 — Global assessment of all the elements of the earlier design — Scope — Content of the product incorporating a design — Not included  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see para. 56) |

| 7. | 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 — Informed user — Concept  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1), 10(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 59-61) |

| 8. | 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 — Criteria for assessment — Freedom of the designer  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6 and 25(1)(b))  (see para. 65) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 February 2019 (Case R 2543/2017-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between Piejūra SIA and Gamma-A.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Gamma-A SIA to pay the costs. |

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