Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 March 2018

Crocs, Inc. v European Union Intellectual Property Office

Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing footwear — Earlier Community design — Ground for invalidity — Lack of novelty — Disclosure prior to the priority date — Examination of the facts of the Office’s own motion — Additional evidence adduced before the Board of Appeal — Articles 5, 7 and Article 63(2) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002

Case T-651/16



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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
13/04/2018 Crocs v EUIPO - Gifi Diffusion (Chaussures)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Designs
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2018:137		 14/03/2018 Crocs v EUIPO - Gifi Diffusion (Chaussures)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Designs
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs
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Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2018:137		 14/03/2018 Crocs v EUIPO - Gifi Diffusion (Chaussures)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Designs
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
21/10/2016 Crocs v EUIPO - Gifi Diffusion (Chaussures)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Designs
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs
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Reports of Cases

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Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.04 Community designs
      4.11.04.03 Procedure and legal proceedings
        4.11.04.03.03 Appeals
          4.11.04.03.03.02 Actions before the Courts of the European Union
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.04 Subject-matter, form of order sought and pleas in law
      3.08.04.01 Formal requirements
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.04 Community designs
      4.11.04.03 Procedure and legal proceedings
        4.11.04.03.04 Procedure
          4.11.04.03.04.05 Examination of the facts by the Office of its own motion
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.04 Community designs
      4.11.04.01 Requirements for protection and grounds for invalidity
        4.11.04.01.11 Designs examined
          4.11.04.01.11.01 Lack of novelty
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.04 Community designs
      4.11.04.01 Requirements for protection and grounds for invalidity
        4.11.04.01.04 Divulgation


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Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 14/09/2016

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

14/03/2018


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 152 from 30.04.2018, p.30

Application: OJ C 410 from 07.11.2016, p.23

Name of the parties

Crocs v EUIPO - Gifi Diffusion (Chaussures)

Notes on Academic Writings

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Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

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Judge-Rapporteur

Kornezov

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

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