CELEX: 62011TA0666
Language: en
Date: 2013-11-07 00:00:00
Title: Case T-666/11: Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2013 — Budziewska v OHIM — Puma (Bounding feline) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a bounding feline — Earlier designs — Ground for invalidity — Lack of individual character — Informed user — Degree of freedom of the designer — Overall impression not different — Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of regulation (EC) No 6/2002)

21.12.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 377/13
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2013 — Budziewska v OHIM — Puma (Bounding feline)
   (Case T-666/11) (1)
   
   (Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered Community design representing a bounding feline - Earlier designs - Ground for invalidity - Lack of individual character - Informed user - Degree of freedom of the designer - Overall impression not different - Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of regulation (EC) No 6/2002)
   2013/C 377/29
   Language of the case: Polish
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Danuta Budziewska (Łódź, Poland) (represented by: J. Masłowski, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: D. Walicka, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Puma SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany) (represented by: P. González-Bueno Catalán de Ocón, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of OHIM of 23 September 2011 (Case R 1137/2010-3) relating to invalidity proceedings between Puma AG Rudolf Dassler Sport and Danuta Budziewska.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Danuta Budziewska to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 109, 14.4.2012.