Дело T-***/**: *****************, Съдебно решение от **.**.2021 г.

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... -vis EUIPO – Application for restitutio in integrum – Article 67(1) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 – Duty of care)

In Case T‑276/20,

Jeffrey Scott Crevier, residing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (United States), represented by M. Kime, Barrister,

applicant,

v

European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), represented by R. Cottrell, A. Folliard-Monguiral and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents,

defendant,

ACTION brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 March 2020 (Case R 2396/2019-3) relating to an application for restitutio in integrum.

THE GENERAL COURT (Sixth Chamber),

composed of A. Marcoulli, President, S. Frimodt Nielsen (Rapporteur) and C. Iliopoulos, Judges,

Registrar: E. Coulon,

having regard to the application lodged at the Court Registry on 11 May 2020,

having regard to the response lodged at the Court Registry on 23 September 2020,

having regard to the fact that no request for a hearing was submitted by the parties within three weeks after service of notification of the close of the written part of the procedure, and having decided to rule on the action without an oral part of the procedure, pursuant to Article 106(3) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court,

gives the following

Judgment

Background to the dispute

1. On 21 September 2018, the applicant, Mr Jeffrey Scott Crevier, filed an application for registration of a Community design representing an air freshener with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community ...