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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 6 June 2019 — Rietze v EUIPO — Volkswagen (VW Bus T 5 vehicle)

(Case T‑43/18)

(Community designs — Invalidity proceedings — Registered community design representing the VW Bus T 5 vehicle — Earlier Community design — Ground for invalidity — Individual character — Informed user — Different overall impression — Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) 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 — Global assessment of all the elements of the earlier design  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 16, 17) |

| 2. | Community designs — Grounds for invalidity — No individual character — Informed user — Concept  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 25-27) |

| 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 — Representation of the VW Bus T 5 vehicle  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 6(1) and 25(1)(b))  (see paras 29, 40-44) |

| 4. | Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Brief summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based — Similar requirements for submissions made in support of a plea  (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 21, first para., and Art. 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 177(1)(d))  (see para. 49) |

Re

Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 November 2017 (Case R 1204/2016-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between Rietze and Volkswagen.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Rietze GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs. |

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