Notices for publication in the OJ nº T-174/16 of The General Court, April 21, 2017

• Resolution Date: April 21, 2017
• Issuing Organization: The General Court
• Decision Number: T-174/16

Judgment of the General Court of 14 March 2017 - Wessel-Werk v EUIPO - Wolf PVG (Suction nozzles for vacuum cleaners)

(Case T-174/16) ¹

(Community design - Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity - Registered Community design representing a suction nozzle for a vacuum cleaner - Earlier Community design - Ground for invalidity - Individual character - Informed user - Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Wessel-Werk GmbH (Reichshof, Germany) (represented by: C. Becker, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Schifko, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Wolf PVG GmbH & Co. KG (Vlotho, Germany) (represented by: J. Künzel, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 February 2016 (Case R 1652/2014-3), as rectified, relating to proceedings for a declaration of invalidity between Wolf PVG and Wessel-Werk.

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