Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 24 January 2024 –  
TA Towers v EUIPO – Wobben Properties (Building materials)

(Case T‑202/22) (
[1](#t-ECR_62022TJ0202_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing building materials – Ground for invalidity – Failure to comply with the requirements for protection – Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 – No individual character – Article 6 of Regulation No 6/2002)

| 1. | 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  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 16, 17, 23) |

| 2. | 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 building materials  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 27, 28, 39, 53-63) |

| 3. | 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 – Informed user – Concept  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 36-38) |

| 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 – Global assessment of all the elements of the earlier design  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 50, 51) |

| 5. | Community designs – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Power of the General Court to alter the contested decision – Limits  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 61(3))  (see paragraph 69) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 11 February 2022 (Case R 2493/2020-3); |

| 2. | Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |

| 3. | Orders EUIPO and Wobben Properties GmbH to bear their own costs and each to pay half of the costs incurred by TA Towers ApS before the Court and before the Board of Appeal. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62022TJ0202_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 222, 7.6.2022](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2022:222:TOC).

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