Order — ECLI:EU:C:2017:369
Date: 2017-05-11
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment;Appeal - unfounded
Origin: Slovenia

Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 11 May 2017 — Neonart svetlobni in reklamni napisi Krevh v EUIPO (Case C‑22/17 P) (Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — EU trade mark — Application for registration of the word mark neonart — Application lodged with General Court of the European Union signed by a ‘lawyer’ — Manifest inadmissibility — Article 19 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union — No representation by a lawyer — Appeal manifestly unfounded) 1. Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Signature by a lawyer — Application signed by a lawyer not authorised to practise before a court of a Member State or of a State which is a party to the European Economic Area Agreement — Inadmissibility (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 19, fourth para.) (see paras 6, 7) 2. Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Signature by a lawyer — Notion of ‘lawyer’– Independent interpretation (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 19, fourth para.) (see paras 6, 7) Operative part 1. The appeal is dismissed. 2. Neonart svetlobni in reklamni napisi Krevh d.o.o. is to bear its own costs.