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Judgment of the General Court of 15 January 2025 – ADS L. Kowalik, B. Włodarczyk v EUIPO – ESSAtech (Accessory for wireless remote controls)

(Case T-1065/23)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202501103EN.000101-E0001)

(Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered Community design representing an accessory for a wireless remote control - Ground for invalidity - Characteristics of the appearance of a product dictated exclusively by its technical function - Article 8(1) and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 - Facts relied on or evidence adduced for the first time before the Board of Appeal - Article 63(2) of Regulation No 6/2002 and Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 - Rights of the defence - Article 62 of Regulation No 6/2002 - Principle of sound administration - Article 41(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights - Obligation to state reasons - Article 41(2)(c) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights)

(C/2025/1103)

Language of the case: Polish

Parties

Applicant: ADS L. Kowalik, B. Włodarczyk s.c. (Sosnowiec, Poland) (represented by: M. Oleksyn and M. Stępkowski, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Chylińska and J. Ivanauskas, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: ESSAtech (Přistoupim, Czech Republic)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 6 September 2023 (Case R 1072/2020-3).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders ADS L. Kowalik, B. Włodarczyk s.c. to pay the costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1103/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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