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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 28 September 2017 — Rühland v EUIPO —8 seasons design (Lamp in the form of a star)

(Case T‑779/16)

(Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a lamp in the form of a star — Earlier Community design — Ground of invalidity — Individual character — Different overall impression — 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 — Global assessment of all the elements of the prior design  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1)(b), and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 16, 17, 47, 48) |

| 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 — Informed user — Concept  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1)(b), and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 19, 20, 53) |

| 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 lamp in the form of a star  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1)(b), and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 22, 25, 38, 44) |

| 4. | 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 — Criteria for assessment — Creative licence  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(2), and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 23, 24) |

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 July 2016 (Case R 878/2015-3) concerning invalidity proceedings between 8 seasons design and Mr Rühland.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Mr Lothar Rühland to pay the costs. |

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