Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 15 June 2016 —

LTJ Diffusion v EUIPO

(Case C‑94/16 P)

‛Appeal — EU trade mark — Word mark ARTHUR & ASTON — Opposition from the proprietor of the national semi-figurative mark containing the word element ‘Arthur’ — Opposition dismissed’

| 1. | Appeals — Grounds — Mistaken assessment of the facts — 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(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see para. 6) |

| 2. | EU trade mark — Observations of third parties and opposition — Examination of the opposition — Proof of use of the earlier mark — Genuine use — Use of the mark in a form differing by elements not altering the distinctive character of the mark — Subject matter and material scope of Article 15(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009 (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 15(1), second para., (a)) (see para. 6) |

Operative part

| 1. | The appeal is dismissed. |

| 2. | LTJ Diffusion is ordered to pay the costs. |

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