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Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 18 June 2020 – Dovgan v EUIPO

(Case C‑142/19 P) (
[1](#t-ECR_62019CJ0142_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(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)

| 1. | 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:

| 1. | Dismisses the appeal; |

| 2. | 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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(
[1](#c-ECR_62019CJ0142_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 263, 5.8.2019](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2019:263:TOC).

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