Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 21.12.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 429/22 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 29 October 2015 — Roca Sanitario v OHIM — Villeroy & Boch (Single control handle faucet)

(Case T-334/14)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2015429EN.01002201-E0001)

((Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered Community design representing a single control handle faucet - Earlier Community design - Ground for invalidity - Individual character - Informed user - Degree of freedom of the designer - No scope for innovation - Different Overall impression - Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002))

(2015/C 429/28)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Roca Sanitario, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: R. Guerras Mazón, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Villeroy & Boch AG (Mettlach, Germany)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of OHIM of 21 February 2014 (Case R 812/2012-3), concerning invalidity proceedings between Villeroy & Boch AG and Roca Sanitario, SA.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Roca Sanitario, SA, to pay the costs. |

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