Source: EURLEX
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Order of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 16 October 2020 –  
L. Oliva Torras v EUIPO – Mecánica del Frío (Vehicle couplings)

(Case T‑629/19)

(Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing a coupling to hitch refrigeration or air conditioning equipment to a motor vehicle – Ground for invalidity – Failure to comply with the requirements for protection – Articles 4 to 9 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 – Extent of the examination carried out by the Board of Appeal – Pleas in law referring to the grounds of another decision – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)

| 1. | Community designs – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Jurisdiction of the General Court – Review of the lawfulness of decisions of the Boards of Appeal – Limits  (see para. 25) |

| 2. | Judicial proceedings – Decision taken by way of reasoned order – Conditions – Appeal manifestly inadmissible or manifestly lacking any foundation in law – Ineffective pleas in law – Pleas in law referring to the grounds of another decision  (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 126)  (see paras 26, 47, 50, 62, 79) |

| 3. | Community designs – Surrender and invalidity – Application for a declaration of invalidity – Examination of the application – Competence of the Office to examine all the requirements laid down in Articles 4 to 9 of Regulation No 6/2002 – Scope  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 4 to 9, 25(1)(b), 63(1), second sentence)  (see paras 51, 52) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 July 2019 (Case R 1399/2017-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between L. Oliva Torras and Mecánica del Frío.

Operative part

| 1. | The action is dismissed. |

| 2. | L. Oliva Torras, SA shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by EUIPO and by Mecánica del Frío, SL. |

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