25The Court finds that those matters were part of the factual and legal framework before the Board of Appeal. All of those matters were dealt with by the Opposition Division in its decision, in response to the arguments of the parties or of its own motion, since those issues necessarily had to be resolved in order to rule in the opposition proceedings. Accordingly, the Board of Appeal necessarily based, or should have based, its decision on all matters of fact and of law which led to the decision contested before it. Such matters may therefore be debated as to their merits before the Court of First Instance.
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