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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 18 May 2022 –  
Domator24.com Paweł Nowak v EUIPO – Siwek and Didyk (Armchair)

(Case T‑256/21) (
[1](#t-ECR_62021TJ0256_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered community design representing an armchair – Earlier community design – Proof of disclosure – Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 – Ground for invalidity – No individual character – Article 25(1)(b) and Article 6(1)(b) of Regulation No 6/2002)

| 1. | 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, Arts 7(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 23, 24, 33) |

| 2. | Judicial proceedings – Proof – Probative value – Criteria for assessment – Principles of the unfettered adduction of evidence and the unfettered evaluation of evidence  (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 85)  (see para. 30) |

| 3. | Community designs – Grounds for invalidity – No individual character – Disclosure to the public – Proof of the disclosure – Content of a website  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 7(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see para. 31) |

| 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 – Representation of an armchair  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 32, 36, 37, 50, 56, 65) |

| 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 – Criteria for assessment – Creative licence  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 44, 46, 53, 54) |

| 6. | 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 58, 59) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Domator24.com Paweł Nowak to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62021TJ0256_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 278, 12.7.2021.](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2021:278:TOC)

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