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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 23 October 2018 –  
Mamas and Papas v EUIPO — Wall-Budden (Cot bumpers)

(Case T‑672/17)

(Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a cot bumper — Examination by the Board of Appeal of its own motion of the facts constituting disclosure — Principle of functional continuity — Insufficient evidence to establish disclosure)

| 1. | Community designs — Appeals procedure — Action before the EU judicature — Jurisdiction of the General Court — Review of the lawfulness of decisions of the Boards of Appeal — Re-examination of the facts in the light of evidence not previously submitted before EUIPO bodies — Not included  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 61)  (see paras 18, 19) |

| 2. | Community designs — Procedural provisions — Examination of the facts by the Office of its own motion — Action for invalidity — Examination restricted to the submissions of the parties  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 63(1))  (see paras 32, 33, 35) |

| 3. | Community designs — Ground for invalidity — Lack of novelty — Previous disclosure of identical design — Proof of the disclosure  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Arts 5(1)(b) and 7(1); Commission Regulation No 2245/2002, Art. 28(1)(b)(v) and (vi))  (see paras 36, 44-48, 58, 59, 60) |

| 4. | Community designs — Appeals procedure — Appeal brought against a decision by a department of EUIPO — Examination by the Board of Appeal — Scope  (Council Regulation No 6/2002, Art. 60(1))  (see para. 39) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 25 July 2017 (Case R 208/2016-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between Mamas and Papas and Jane Wall-Budden.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Mamas and Papas Ltd to bear the costs. |

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