Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 28 April 2016 —

Matratzen Concord v EUIPO

(Case C‑35/16 P)

‛Appeal — Article 181 Rules of Procedure — EU trade mark — Word mark Matratzen Concord — Relative ground for refusal — Opposition from the proprietor of the national word mark MATRATZEN — Likelihood of confusion — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 8(1)(b) — Refusal in part of the registration — Proof of use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2)’

| 1. | Appeals — 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 3, 4) |

| 2. | Appeals — 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, Art. 168(1)(d) and 169) (see paras 5, 6) |

| 3. | Appeals — 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 paras 5, 6) |

Operative part

| 1. | The appeal is dismissed. |

| 2. | Matratzen Concord GmbH is ordered to pay the costs. |

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