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Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 25 September 2019 — EM Research Organization v EUIPO

(Case C‑728/18 P)

(Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Word mark EM — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 7(1)(c) — Grounds for invalidity — Word mark which consists exclusively of signs or indications which may serve to designate the characteristics of goods or services — Trade mark consisting of an abbreviation)

| 1. | Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Brief summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based  (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 21, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d))  (see para. 4) |

| 2. | Appeal — Grounds — Ground submitted for the first time in the context of the appeal — Inadmissibility — Ground seeking only to challenge the legal solution given by the General Court in the judgment under appeal — Admissibility  (see para. 4) |

| 3. | EU trade mark — Appeals procedure — Action before the EU judicature — Jurisdiction of the General Court — Review of the lawfulness of decisions of the Boards of Appeal — Scope  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 65)  (see para. 4) |

| 4. | EU trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark — Absolute grounds for refusal — Marks composed exclusively of signs or indications capable of designating the characteristics of a product or service — Word mark EM  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 7(1)(c) and 52(1)(a))  (see para. 4) |

| 5. | 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 — Ground of appeal alleging distortion of the clear sense of the evidence — 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) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)  (see para. 4) |

| 6. | EU trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark — Absolute grounds for refusal — Marks composed exclusively of signs or indications capable of designating the characteristics of a product or service — Criteria  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 7(1)(c))  (see para. 4) |

| 7. | 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 — Failure to observe the rules of evidence — Question of law amenable to judicial review on appeal  (Art. 256(1), second para., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)  (see para. 4) |

Operative part

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

| 2. | EM Research Organization, Inc. shall bear its own costs. |

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