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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 18 October 2018 –  
Linak v EUIPO — ChangZhou Kaidi Electrical (Electrically operated lifting column)

(Case T‑367/17)

(Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing an electrically operated lifting column — Earlier Community design — Ground for invalidity — No individual character — Informed user — No different overall impression — Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)

| 1. | Community designs—Ground 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 prior design  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and (2) and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 18, 20, 36) |

| 2. | Community designs—Ground for invalidity—No individual character—Design not giving the informed user a different overall impression from that produced by the earlier design—Informed user—Meaning  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 26, 27) |

| 3. | Community designs—Ground for invalidity—No individual character—Design not giving the informed user a different overall impression from that produced by the earlier design—Representation of an electrically operated lifting column  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 28-31, 42-44, 46) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 March 2017 (Case R 1411/2015-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between Linak and ChangZhou Kaidi Electrical.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Linak A/S to pay the costs. |

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