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Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 17 November 2021 –  
Guasch Pubill v EUIPO – Nap-Kings (Table linen)

(Case T‑538/20) (
[1](#t-ECR_62020TJ0538_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing table linen – Disclosure of earlier design – Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 – Ground for invalidity – No individual character – Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation No 6/2002 – Inadmissibility of the application for a declaration of invalidity – Article 52(3) of Regulation No 6/2002)

| 1. | Community designs – Grounds for invalidity – No individual character – Disclosure to the public – Proof of the disclosure  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 7(1))  (see para. 30) |

| 2. | Community designs – Grounds for invalidity – No individual character – Disclosure to the public – Exception – Facts not reasonably capable of being known to specialist circles of the sector concerned – Events taking place outside the EU – Criteria for assessment  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 7(1))  (see paras 31-33) |

| 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  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see para. 46) |

| 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 – Global assessment of all the elements of the earlier design  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and (2) and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 47, 48) |

| 5. | 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 para. 50) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Mr Marcos Guasch Pubill to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62020TJ0538_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 359, 26.10.2020](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2020:359:TOC).

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