CELEX: 62019TA0159
Language: en
Date: 2020-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Case T-159/19: Judgment of the General Court of 27 February 2020 — Bog-Fran v EUIPO — Fabryki Mebli ‘Forte’ (Furniture) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing an item of furniture — Ground for invalidity — No individual character — Disclosure of the earlier design — Proof of disclosure — Article 7 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)

6.4.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 114/7
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 27 February 2020 — Bog-Fran v EUIPO — Fabryki Mebli ‘Forte’ (Furniture)
      (Case T-159/19) (1)
      
      (Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered Community design representing an item of furniture - Ground for invalidity - No individual character - Disclosure of the earlier design - Proof of disclosure - Article 7 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)
      (2020/C 114/04)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Bog-Fran sp. z o.o. sp.k. (Warsaw, Poland) (represented by: M. Mikosza, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Gája and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Fabryki Mebli ‘Forte’ S.A. (Ostrów Mazowiecka, Poland) (represented by: H. Basiński, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 January 2019 (Case R 291/2018-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between Bog-Fran and Fabryki Mebli ‘Forte’.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 14 January 2019 (Case R 291/2018-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between Bog-Fran sp. z o.o. sp.k. and Fabryki Mebli ‘Forte’ S.A.;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Bog-Fran;
               
            
                  4.
               
               
                  Orders Fabryki Mebli ‘Forte’ to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 155, 6.5.2019.