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Language: en
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Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 13 March 2018 — Mediaexpert v EUIPO

(Case C‑560/17 P)

(Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Figurative mark in black, yellow and white, containing the word element ‘mediaexpert’ — Failure to submit a translation of the registration certificate for the earlier mark — Rejection of the application for a declaration of invalidity)

| 1. | Appeal—Grounds—Mistaken assessment of the facts—Inadmissibility—Review by the Court of Justice of the assessment of the facts put before the General Court—Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted—Plea alleging distortion of the facts—Need to indicate precisely the evidence alleged to have been distorted and show the errors of appraisal which led to that distortion  (Art. 256(1), second para., 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. 3) |

| 2. | EU trade mark—Decisions of the Office—Legality—Examination by the EU judicature—Criteria  (Council Regulation No 207/2009)  (see para. 3) |

| 3. | Appeal—Grounds—Lack of specific criticism of a point of the General Court’s reasoning and of legal arguments in support of the appeal—Inadmissibility  (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 168(1)(d) and 169(2))  (see para. 3) |

| 4. | Appeal—Grounds—Mere repetition of the pleas and arguments put forward before the General Court—Error of law relied on not identified—Inadmissibility  (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 168(1)(d) and 169(2))  (see para. 3) |

Operative part

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

| 2. | Mediaexpert sp. z o.o. shall bear its own costs. |

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