Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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|  | C/2025/2381 | 28.4.2025 |

Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2025 – deluxe holding v EUIPO – Piffany Copenhagen (Electric candles)

(Case T-1158/23)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202502381EN.000101-E0001)

(Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered Community design representing electric candles - Ground for invalidity - Lack of individual character - Degree of freedom of the designer - No different overall impression - Articles 4 and 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 - Rights of the defence - Scope of the examination carried out by the Board of Appeal)

(C/2025/2381)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: deluxe holding ApS (Kolding, Denmark) (represented by: J. Løje, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Piffany Copenhagen ApS (Helsinge, Denmark) (represented by: J. Petersen, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 9 October 2023 (Case R 810/2022-3).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders deluxe holding ApS to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and Piffany Copenhagen ApS. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2381/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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