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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 14 March 2017 — Wessel-Werk v EUIPO — Wolf PVG (Suction nozzles for vacuum cleaners)

(Case T‑174/16)

(Community design — Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity — Registered Community design representing a suction nozzle for a vacuum cleaner — Earlier Community design — Ground for invalidity — Individual character — Informed user — Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)

| 1. | Community designs — Ground 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 paras 19, 24, 25) |

| 2. | Community designs — Ground 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 prior design  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1), and 25(1)(b))  (see para. 26) |

| 3. | Community designs — Ground 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 suction nozzle for vacuum cleaners  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1), and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 29-31) |

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 February 2016 (Case R 1652/2014-3), as rectified, relating to proceedings for a declaration of invalidity between Wolf PVG and Wessel-Werk.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Wessel-Werk GmbH to pay the costs. |

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