Action brought on 9 February 2021 — Jieyang Defa Industry v EUIPO — Mattel (Dolls’ head)

(Case T-84/21)

(2021/C 110/40)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Jieyang Defa Industry Co. Ltd (Jiedong, China) (represented by: C. Bercial Arias, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Mattel, Inc. (El Segundo, California, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the design at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Design at issue: Community design No 2 459 701-0001

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 December 2020 in Case R 2021/2019-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—	upheld the appeal and annul the contested decision;

—	order EUIPO and the intervener, if it was the case, to bear the costs incurred by the applicant before the General Court.

Plea in law

—	Infringement of Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4 and 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002.