CELEX: 62017TA0767
Language: en
Date: 2019-02-07 00:00:00
Title: Case T-767/17: Judgment of the General Court of 7 February 2019 — Eglo Leuchten v EUIPO — Briloner Leuchten (Lamp) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a light fitting — Ground for invalidity — Earlier design — Individual character — Informed user — Degree of freedom of the designer — Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)

18.3.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 103/35
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 7 February 2019 — Eglo Leuchten v EUIPO — Briloner Leuchten (Lamp)
      (Case T-767/17) (1)
      
      ((Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered Community design representing a light fitting - Ground for invalidity - Earlier design - Individual character - Informed user - Degree of freedom of the designer - Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002))
      (2019/C 103/45)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Eglo Leuchten GmbH (Pill, Austria) (represented by H. Lauf, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by A. Söder, acting as Agent)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Briloner Leuchten GmbH & Co. KG, formerly Briloner Leuchten GmbH (Brilon, Germany) (represented by M.-H. Hoffmann, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 September 2017(Case R 746/2016-3) relating to invalidity proceedings between Eglo Leuchten and Briloner Leuchten
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Eglo Leuchten GmbH to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 22, 22.1.18.