Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 November 2018 — Toontrack Music v EUIPO
(Case C‑48/18 P) (1)
(Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — European Union trade mark — Application for registration of the word mark EZMIX — Rejection of the application — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) — Articles 65, 75 and 76 — Descriptive character — Perception of the relevant public — Right to a hearing — Principle of examination by EUIPO of its own motion — Obligation to state reasons — Distortion — Evidence presented for the first time before the General Court)
1.      Appeal — Grounds — Incorrect 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 — Need to indicate precisely the evidence alleged to have been distorted and show the errors of appraisal which led to that distortion
(Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para)
(see paras 28, 29, 46, 47)
2.      Appeal — Grounds — Challenge to the contested decision before the General Court and not the judgment it delivered — Inadmissibility
(Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)
(see para. 40)
3.      Appeal — Grounds — Plea submitted for the first time in the context of the appeal — Inadmissibility
(Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58)
(see paras 42, 44, 52)
Operative part
1.
The appeal is dismissed as being, in part, manifestly inadmissible and, in part, manifestly unfounded.
2.
Toontrack Music AB shall pay the costs.
1 OJ C 152, 30.4.2018.