Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Order of the Vice-President of the Court of 12 July 2022 –  
Cipla Europe v EUIPO and Glaxo Group

(Case C‑245/22 P(I))

(Appeal – Intervention – EU trade mark – Cancellation proceedings – Leave for other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to participate in the proceedings in the case before the General Court – Time limits – Unforeseeable circumstances – Participation in the oral proceedings – Rejection)

| 1. | Appeal – Grounds – Inadequate statement of reasons – Reliance by the General Court on implicit reasoning – Whether permissible – Conditions  (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 36 and 53, first para.)  (see paragraphs 28, 29) |

| 2. | Judicial proceedings – Intervention – Time limits – Time-barred – Unforeseeable circumstances or force majeure – Concept  (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 45; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 143(1))  (see paragraphs 35-37) |

| 3. | Judicial proceedings – Intervention – Time limits – Time-barred – Admissibility in the light of the right for all persons to a fair trial  (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 143(1))  (see paragraph 46) |

| 4. | Judicial proceedings – Intervention – Failure of a party to the proceedings before the EUIPO to comply with the time limit referred to in Article 179 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court – Not possible to intervene under Article 173 of those rules  (Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts. 40, second para, and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Arts. 173 and 179)  (see paragraphs 59-61) |

Operative part

| 1. | The appeal is dismissed. |

| 2. | Cipla Europe NV shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by Glaxo Group Ltd and by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). |

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