CELEX: 62018TB0517
Language: en
Date: 2019-05-10 00:00:00
Title: Case T-517/18: Order of the General Court of 10 May 2019 — Zott v EUIPO — TSC Food Products (Ready-to-eat rectangular cake) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Community design representing a ready-to-eat rectangular cake — Earlier Community design — Ground for invalidity — No individual character — No different overall impression — Designer’s degree of freedom — Informed user — Article 4(1), Article 6(1)(b) and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)

8.7.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 230/52
            
         
      Order of the General Court of 10 May 2019 — Zott v EUIPO — TSC Food Products (Ready-to-eat rectangular cake)
      (Case T-517/18) (1)
      
      (Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Community design representing a ready-to-eat rectangular cake - Earlier Community design - Ground for invalidity - No individual character - No different overall impression - Designer’s degree of freedom - Informed user - Article 4(1), Article 6(1)(b) and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 - Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
      (2019/C 230/65)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Zott SE & Co. KG (Mertingen, Germany) (represented by: E. Schalast, R. Lange and C. Böhler, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Walicka, acting as Agent)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO intervening before the General Court: TSC Food Products GmbH (Wels, Austria) (represented by: M. Gaderer, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 27 June 2018 (Case R 1341/2017-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between TSC Food Products and Zott.
      
         Operative part of the order
      
      
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                     The action is dismissed.
                  
               
            
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                     Zott SE & Co. KG is ordered to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 373, 15.10.2018.