CELEX: 62018TA0043
Language: en
Date: 2019-06-06 00:00:00
Title: Case T-43/18: Judgment of the General Court of 6 June 2019 — Rietze v EUIPO — Volkswagen (VW Bus T 5 vehicle) (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)

29.7.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 255/35
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 6 June 2019 — Rietze v EUIPO — Volkswagen (VW Bus T 5 vehicle)
      (Case T-43/18) (1)
      
      (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)
      (2019/C 255/45)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Rietze GmbH & Co. KG (Altdorf, Germany) (represented by: M. Krogmann, lawyer)
      
         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: Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany) (represented by: C. Klawitter, lawyer)
      
         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 of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Rietze GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 104, 19.3.2018.