Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 30.4.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 152/29 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 14 March 2018 — Gifi Diffusion v EUIPO — Crocs (Footwear)

(Case T-424/16)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2018152EN.01002902-E0001)

((Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered Community design representing footwear - Earlier Community design - Grounds for invalidity - Duty to state reasons - Article 62 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 - Ground raised by the Board of Appeal of its own motion - Powers of the Board of Appeal - Article 63(1) of Regulation No 6/2002))

(2018/C 152/35)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Gifi Diffusion (Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France) (represented by: C. de Chassey, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Crocs, Inc. (Niwot, Colorado, United States) (represented by: H. Seymour, L. Cassidy, J. Guise and D. Knight, Solicitors, N. Hadjadj Cazier, M. Berger and H. Haouideg, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 25 April 2016 (Case R 37/2015-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between Gifi Diffusion and Crocs.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 25 April 2016 (Case R 37/2015-3) concerning invalidity proceedings between Gifi Diffusion and Crocs, Inc.; |

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| 2. | Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by Gifi Diffusion in the proceedings before the General Court; |

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| 3. | Orders Crocs to bear its own costs. |

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