Case T-492/22: Judgment of the General Court of 6 September 2023 — Iwuć v EUIPO — Hangzhou XiangHui (Packaging box and set of socks) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Communit...

Official Journal of the European Union EN C series C/2023/534 6.11.2023 Judgment of the General Court of 6 September 2023 — Iwuć v EUIPO — Hangzhou XiangHui (Packaging box and set of socks) (Case T-492/22) (1) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a packaging box and a set of socks — Grounds for invalidity — Articles 5, 7 and 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002) (C/2023/534) Language of the case: Polish Parties Applicant: Cyprian Iwuć (Sliema, Malta) (represented by: T. Kos, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Hangzhou XiangHui International Trading Co., Ltd. (Hangzhou, China) Re: By his action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 20 May 2022 (Case R 1672/2021-3). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders each party to bear its own costs. (1) OJ C 368, 26.9.2022. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/534/oj 1/1