Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 16 February 2017 —  
Monster Energy v EUIPO

(Case C‑502/16 P)

(Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for registration of a figurative sign representing a black square with four white lines — Rejection of the opposition)

| 1. | Appeal—Grounds—Plea submitted for the first time in the context of the appeal—Inadmissibility  (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)  (see para. 5) |

| 2. | 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  (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)  (see para. 5) |

Operative part

| 1. | The appeal is dismissed. |

| 2. | Monster Energy Company shall bear its own costs. |

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