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Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 November 2018 — Toontrack Music v EUIPO

(Case C‑48/18 P) (
[1](#t-ECR_62018CO0048_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — European Union trade mark — Application for registration of the word mark EZMIX — Rejection of the application — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) — Articles 65, 75 and 76 — Descriptive character — Perception of the relevant public — Right to a hearing — Principle of examination by EUIPO of its own motion — Obligation to state reasons — Distortion — Evidence presented for the first time before the General Court)

| 1. | 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 paras 28, 29, 46, 47) |

| 2. | Appeal — Grounds — Challenge to the contested decision before the General Court and not the judgment it delivered — Inadmissibility  (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)  (see para. 40) |

| 3. | Appeal — Grounds — Plea submitted for the first time in the context of the appeal — Inadmissibility  (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58)  (see paras 42, 44, 52) |

Operative part

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

| 2. | Toontrack Music AB shall pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62018CO0048_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 152, 30.4.2018](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2018:152:TOC).

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