Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 17 September 2019.#Aroma Essence Ltd v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a washing sponge — Earlier designs — Grounds for invalidity — Examination by the Board of Appeal of its own motion of the facts constituting disclosure — Burden of proof on the invalidity applicant — Requirements relating to the reproduction of the prior design.#Case T-532/18.

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 17 September 2019.
Aroma Essence Ltd v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a washing sponge — Earlier designs — Grounds for invalidity — Examination by the Board of Appeal of its own motion of the facts constituting disclosure — Burden of proof on the invalidity applicant — Requirements relating to the reproduction of the prior design.
Case T-532/18.

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 17 September 2019.
Aroma Essence Ltd v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a washing sponge — Earlier designs — Grounds for invalidity — Examination by the Board of Appeal of its own motion of the facts constituting disclosure — Burden of proof on the invalidity applicant — Requirements relating to the reproduction of the prior design.
Case T-532/18.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2019:609