CELEX: 62010TA0068
Language: en
Date: 2011-06-14 00:00:00
Title: Case T-68/10: Judgment of the General Court of 14 June 2011 — Sphere Time v OHIM — Punch (Watch attached to a lanyard) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a watch attached to a lanyard — Prior design — Disclosure of prior design — Individual character — Misuse of powers — Articles 4, 6, 7 and 61 to 63 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)

23.7.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 219/15
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 14 June 2011 — Sphere Time v OHIM — Punch (Watch attached to a lanyard)
   (Case T-68/10) (1)
   
   (Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered Community design representing a watch attached to a lanyard - Prior design - Disclosure of prior design - Individual character - Misuse of powers - Articles 4, 6, 7 and 61 to 63 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)
   2011/C 219/19
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Sphere Time (Windhof, Luxembourg) (represented by: C. Jäger, N. Gehlsen and M.-C. Simon, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: D. Botis, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Punch SAS (Nice, France)
   
      Re:
   
   ACTION brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of OHIM of 2 December 2009 (case R 1130/2008-3), concerning invalidity proceedings between Punch SAS and Sphere Time.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Sphere Time to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 100, 17.4.2010.