Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 30 June 2021 –  
Framery v EUIPO – Smartblock (Transportable building)

(Case T‑373/20)

(Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Community design representing a transportable building – Earlier designs – 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 No 6/2002 – Obligation to state reasons)

| 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 – Global assessment of all the elements of the earlier design  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6 and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 23, 31, 45, 46, 65, 68, 86) |

| 2. | Community designs – Grounds for invalidity – Conflict with an earlier design – 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)(d))  (see paras 50, 51, 54) |

| 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 – Criteria for assessment – Creative licence  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6 and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 58, 59, 66) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 April 2020 (Case R 616/2019-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between Smartblock and Framery.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Framery Oy to pay the costs. |

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