62019CJ0142_INF
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 18 June 2020 – Dovgan v EUIPO
(Case C‑142/19 P) (
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(Appeal – EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – Application for a declaration of invalidity of EU word mark PLOMBIR – Rejection of the application for a declaration of invalidity – Obligation to state reasons – Distortion of facts and evidence)
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Appeal – Grounds – Mistaken assessment of the facts and evidence – Inadmissibility – Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence – Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted – Ground of appeal alleging distortion of the clear sense of the evidence – Necessity of indicating precisely the evidence alleged to have been distorted and showing the errors of appraisal which led to that distortion
(Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 168(1)(d))
(see para. 44)
2.
Appeal – Grounds – Inadequate statement of reasons – Reliance by the General Court on implied reasoning – Whether permissible – Conditions
(Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 36 and 53, first para.)
(see para. 63)
3.
Appeal – 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 para. 72)
4.
Appeal – Grounds – Plea against a ground of the judgment not necessary to support the operative part – Plea in law ineffective
(see para. 92)
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the appeal;
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Orders Dovgan GmbH to bear its own costs and those incurred by Monolith Frost GmbH;
3.
Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs.
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)	OJ C 263, 5.8.2019.