Order — ECLI:EU:C:2016:276
Date: 2016-04-14
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment;Appeal - unfounded;Appeal - inadmissible
Origin: Germany

Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 14 April 2016 — Nanu-Nana Joachim Hoepp v EUIPO (Case C‑479/15 P) Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 8(1)(b) — Word mark NANU — Opposition by the proprietor of the word mark NAMMU — Partial refusal to register — Likelihood of confusion — Distortion of the facts — Inadequate statement of reasons 1. Appeals — Grounds — Review by the Court of Justice of the assessment of the facts put before the General Court — Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted — Assessments relating to the similarity of the marks at issue — Assessments relating to the similarity of the goods or services (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see paras 14-16, 28, 31) 2. Appeals — Grounds — Incorrect assessment of the evidence duly produced — Inadmissible save when the clear sense of the evidence is distorted — Duty of the General Court to state the reasons for its assessment of the evidence — Scope (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see paras 26, 27) Operative part 1. The appeal is dismissed. 2. Nanu-Nana Joachim Hoepp GmbH & Co. KG is ordered to pay the costs.