28It follows that the objective of the exception provided for in Article 7 of Regulation No 6/2002 is to offer a creator or his or her successor in title the opportunity to market a design, for a period of 12 months, before having to proceed with the formalities of filing. Accordingly, during that period, the creator or his or her successor in title can ascertain that the design concerned is a commercial success before incurring the costs relating to registration, without fear that the disclosure that takes place at that time may be successfully raised during any invalidity proceedings brought after the possible registration of the design concerned (judgments of 14 June 2011, Watch attached to a lanyard, T‑68/10, EU:T:2011:269, paragraphs 24 and 25, and of 18 November 2015, Case for a portable computer, T‑813/14, not published, EU:T:2015:868, paragraphs 21 and 22). Consequently, the aim of the exception provided for in Article 7(2) of Regulation No 6/2002 is to protect the interests of the designer and his or her successor in title.
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