62018CO0455_INF
Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 8 December 2020 – Spieker v EUIPO
(Case C‑455/18 P)
(Appeal – Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Representation of the parties in direct actions before the Courts of the European Union – Article 19 of the Statute of the Court of Justice – Lawyer – Third party status in relation to the applicant)
Judicial proceedings – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Application lodged without the assistance of a lawyer – Applicant with the status of lawyer authorised to practise before a national court – Irrelevant – Manifest inadmissibility
(Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 19, third para. and fourth para., and 21, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 73(1))
(see para. 4)
Operative part
1.
The appeal is dismissed as in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded.
2.
Mr Oliver Spieker shall bear his own costs.