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Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 1 December 2016 —  
Klement v EUIPO

(Case C‑642/15 P) (
[1](#t-ECR_62015CJ0642_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(Appeal — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — EU trade mark — Three-dimensional mark representing the form of an oven — Article 51(1)(a) — Application for revocation of an EU trade mark — Point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 15(1) — Genuine use of the mark — Rejection of the application for a declaration of invalidity)

| 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  (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)  (see para. 18) |

| 2. | Appeal—Grounds—Inadequate or contradictory grounds—Admissibility—Scope of the obligation to state reasons  (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)  (see paras 24, 25) |

| 3. | EU trade mark—Surrender, revocation and invalidity—Causes of revocation—Absence of genuine use of a trade mark—Use of the mark in a form differing by elements not altering the distinctive character of the mark—Requirement that the distinctive elements of the earlier mark be assessed prior to the assessment of genuine use  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 15(1), second para., (a))  (see para. 29) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 24 September 2015, Klement v OHIM — Bullerjan (Form of an oven) ([T‑211/14](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=ecli:ECLI%3AEU%3AT%3A2015%3A688&locale=en), not published, [EU:T:2015:688](./../../../legal-content/redirect/?urn=ecli:ECLI%3AEU%3AT%3A2015%3A688&lang=EN&format=pdf&target=CourtTab)); |

| 2. | Refers the case back to the General Court of the European Union; |

| 3. | Reserves the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62015CJ0642_INF_EN_01-E0001)
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[OJ C 68, 22.2.2016](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2016:068:TOC).

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