Official Journal of the European Union

EN

Series C

C/2023/779

(Case T-610/23)

(C/2023/779)

Language in which the application was lodged: Polish

Parties

Applicant: Hamster Polska sp. z o.o. (Rybnik, Poland) (represented by: A. Szczurek, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Budotechnika sp. z o.o. (Pilchowice, Poland)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the design at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Design at issue: Community design for Outdoor toilets, Public toilets — Community design No 1 653 676-0004

Proceedings before EUIPO: Invalidity proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 August 2023 in Case R 15/2023-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—annul the contested decision or amend it by rejecting the right to the contested design 1 653 676 0004;

—order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings, including the costs incurred by the applicant in the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO;

—order the intervener to bear its own costs of participating in the proceedings before EUIPO and the General Court of the European Union.

Pleas in law

—Infringement of Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 8(1), 53(1) and 63 of Regulation No 6/2002;

—Infringement of Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4(1), 5(2), 6, 7(1) and 53(1) of Regulation No 6/2002;

—Infringement of Article 62 of Regulation No 6/2002.