Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 4.2.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 44/37 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 29 November 2018 — Sata v EUIPO — Zhejiang Auarita Pneumatic Tools (Spray gun for paint)

(Case T-651/17) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2019044EN.01003701-E0001)

((Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered Community design representing a paint spray gun - Earlier Community designs - Ground for invalidity - Informed user - Designer’s degree of freedom - Individual character - Saturation of the state of the art - Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 - Expediency of oral proceedings - Article 64(1) of Regulation No 6/2002 - Duty to state reasons - Article 62 of Regulation No 6/2002))

(2019/C 44/47)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Sata GmbH & Co. KG (Kornwestheim, Germany) (represented by: K. Manhaeve and G. Glas, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Hanne, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Zhejiang Auarita Pneumatic Tools Co. Ltd (Zhejiang, China)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 July 2017 (Case R 914/2016-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between Zhejiang Auarita Pneumatic Tools and Sata.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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

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