Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 1 December 2021 –  
Muratbey Gida v EUIPO – M. J. Dairies (triple helicoid cheese)

(Case T‑662/20)

(Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing triple helicoid cheese – Earlier international design – Ground for invalidity – Individual character – Disclosure of the earlier design – Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 – Different overall impression – Article 6 of Regulation 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, Recital 14 and Arts 6, 7 and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 15-17) |

| 2. | Community designs – Grounds for invalidity – No individual character – Disclosure to the public – Proof of the disclosure  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 7(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 24, 28, 32, 38) |

| 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 – Global assessment of all the elements of the earlier design  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 47, 55) |

| 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 – Criteria for assessment – Creative licence  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(2) and 25(1)(b))  (see para. 50) |

| 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 – Representation of a triple helicoid cheese  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 57-63) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 August 2020 (Case R 1925/2019-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between M. J. Dairies and Muratbey Gida Sanayí ve Tícaret.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Muratbey Gida Sanayí ve Tícaret AŞ to pay the costs. |

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