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

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)

(Contested decision: R 853/2014-3)

• (Appeal Case before the Court of Justice C-320/18 P)