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Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 6 September 2018 — El Corte Inglés v EUIPO

(Case C‑151/18 P)

(Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Word mark FREE STYLE — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 7(1)(c) — Perception by the relevant public — Definitive assessment thereof by the General Court — Article 76 — Facts and evidence produced out of time — Principle of equal treatment — Lack of binding force of previous decisions of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO))

| 1. | Appeal—Grounds—Grounds which are manifestly inadmissible or manifestly unfounded—Dismissal at any point, by reasoned order, without an oral procedure  (Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 181)  (see paras 4, 6) |

| 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 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)  (see para. 6) |

| 3. | EU trade mark—Decisions of the Office—Principle of equal treatment—Principle of sound administration—EUIPO’s previous decision-making practice—Principle of legality—Need for a strict and complete examination in each particular case  (see para. 6) |

Operative part

| 1. | The appeal is dismissed as being, in part, manifestly inadmissible and, in part, manifestly unfounded. |

| 2. | El Corte Inglés SA is ordered to bear its own costs. |

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