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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 21 April 2021 –  
Lee v EUIPO (Table knives, forks and spoons)

(Case T‑382/20)

(Community design – Application for a Community design representing table knives, forks and spoons – Lack of priority claim – Application for restitutio in integrum – Article 67(1) and (2) Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 – Duty of due care)

| 1. | Community designs – Procedural provisions – Restitutio in integrum – Conditions – Due care required by the circumstances – Delegation of administrative tasks relating to renewal of a design  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 67(1))  (see paras 11, 12, 38) |

| 2. | Community designs – Procedural provisions – Restitutio in integrum – Conditions – Due care required by the circumstances – Exceptional events, which cannot therefore be predicted  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 67(1))  (see paras 13, 14, 35) |

| 1. | Community designs – Procedural provisions – Restitutio in integrum – Conditions – Due care required by the circumstances – Exceptional events, which cannot therefore be predicted – Human error in recording information – Not included  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 67(1))  (see paras 28, 30) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 April 2020 (Case R 2559/2019-3), relating to an application for restitutio in integrum.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Mr Keun Jig Lee to pay the costs. |

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