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Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 21 April 2016 — ultra air v EUIPO

(Case C‑232/15 P) (
[1](#t-ECR_62015CO0232_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

‛Appeal — EU trade mark — EU word mark ultra.air ultrafilter — Invalidity proceedings — Absolute ground for refusal or for invalidity — Descriptive character — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and Article 52(1)(a) — Declaration of invalidity by the Board of Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded’

| 1. | EU trade mark — Surrender, revocation and invalidity — Absolute grounds for invalidity — Registration contrary to Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Assessment of the descriptive character of the mark — Criteria (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 7(1)(c)and Art. 52(1)(a)) (see para. 34) |

| 2. | 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 (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see paras 41, 42, 49, 50) |

Operative part

| 1. | The appeal is dismissed. |

| 2. | ultra air GmbH is ordered to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62015CO0232_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 262, 10.8.2015](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2015:262:TOC).

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