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Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 10 September 2020 – Crocs v EUIPO

(Case C‑320/18 P) (
[1](#t-ECR_62018CO0320_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(Appeal – Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Declaration of invalidity – Appeal which has become devoid of purpose – No need to adjudicate – Costs)

| 1. | Appeal – Interest in bringing proceedings – Condition – Appeal capable of procuring an advantage for the party bringing it  (see para. 10) |

| 2. | Community designs – Appeals procedure – No need to adjudicate – Appeal lodged by the proprietor of a Community design against a judgment of the General Court dismissing the action brought against the decision of a Board of Appeal declaring the contested design invalid – Withdrawal of the application for a declaration of invalidity of the Community design – End of the dispute  (Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 149 and 190(1); Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 55(1) and 60(3))  (see para. 13) |

| 3. | Judicial proceedings – Costs – No need to adjudicate  (Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 142, 149, 184(1) and 190)  (see paras 15, 16) |

Operative part

| 1. | There is no need to adjudicate on the appeal. |

| 2. | Crocs Inc. shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in the present appeal proceedings. |

| 3. | Gifi Diffusion shall bear its own costs incurred in these proceedings. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62018CO0320_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 319, 10.9.2018](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2018:319:TOC).

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