Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 10 April 2024 –  
Maxeon Solar v EUIPO – ZO (Solar panels (part of -))

(Case T‑63/23) (
[1](#t-ECR_62023TJ0063_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing part of solar panels – Earlier design – Ground for invalidity – No individual character – Informed user – No different overall impression – Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)

| 1. | 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  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paragraph 29) |

| 2. | 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(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 30, 39, 50) |

| 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 – Informed user – Concept  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 33, 34) |

| 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 part of solar panels  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 40-42, 47, 48, 51) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62023TJ0063_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 121, 3.4.2023](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2023:121:TOC).

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