Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2011 — Kwang Yang Motor Co. v OHIM — Honda Giken Kogyo (An internal combustion engine with the vent on the top)

(Case T-10/08) (1)

(Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered Community design representing an internal combustion engine with the vent on the top - Earlier national design - Ground for invalidity - No individual character - Visible features of a component part of a complex product - No different overall impression - Informed user - Degree of freedom of the designer - Articles 4, 6 and 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)

2011/C 311/63

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Kwang Yang Motor Co. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) (represented by: P. Rath, W. Festl-Wietek and M. Wetzel, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, Japan) (represented by T. Musmann, H. Timmann, M. Büttner and S. von Petersdorff-Campen, lawyers)

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of 8 October 2007 of the Third Board of Appeal of OHIM (Case R 1337/2006-3), relating to invalidity proceedings for Community designs between Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha and Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 64, 8.3.2008.