Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 20 November 2024 –  
Lidl Digital International v EUIPO – Ningbo Hanyuan Lighting (Lamp)

(Case T‑471/23) (
[1](#t-ECR_62023TJ0471_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing a lamp – Disclosure of the earlier design – Proof of disclosure – Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)

| 1. | Community designs – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Jurisdiction of the General Court – Re-evaluation of the facts in the light of evidence produced for the first time before it – Precluded  (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 188; Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 61)  (see paragraphs 15, 16) |

| 2. | Community designs – Grounds for invalidity – Lack of novelty – Previous disclosure of identical design – Proof of the disclosure  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 5(1)(b) and 7(1))  (see paragraphs 29-36, 44, 47) |

| 3. | Community designs – Grounds for invalidity – Lack of novelty – Previous disclosure of identical design – Representation of a lamp  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 5(1)(b) and 7(1))  (see paragraphs 45, 52, 54) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Lidl Digital International GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62023TJ0471_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 329, 18.9.2023](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2023:329:TOC).

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