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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 16 February 2017 — Tubes Radiatori v EUIPO — Antrax It (Radiators)

(Case T‑98/15)

(Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a radiator — Earlier design — Ground for invalidity — No individual character — Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Enforcement by EUIPO of a judgment setting aside a decision of one of its Boards of Appeal — Right to be heard — Invitation to lodge evidence and observations following an annulment judgment of the General Court — Saturation of the state of the art)

| 1. | Actions for annulment—Judgment annulling a measure—Effects—Obligation to implement—Scope—Both the operative part and the grounds of the judgment to be taken into account—Retroactive effect of annulment  (Art. 266 TFEU)  (see paras 24, 25) |

| 2. | Community designs—Appeals procedure—Action before the EU judicature—Implementation of a judgment annulling a decision adopted by a Board of Appeal—New examination of the appeal—Observance of the rights of the defence  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 62)  (see paras 37-40) |

| 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—Saturation of the state of the art—Relevance  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6 and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 57, 58) |

| 4. | Community designs—Appeals procedure—Action before the EU judicature—Power of the General Court to alter the contested decision—Limits  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 61(3))  (see para. 60) |

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 9 December 2014 (Case R 1643/2014-3) relating to invalidity proceedings between Antrax It and Tubes Radiatori.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 9 December 2014 (Case R 1643/2014-3); |

| 2. | Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |

| 3. | Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Tubes Radiatori Srl; |

| 4. | Orders Antrax It Srl to bear its own costs. |

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