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Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 6 November 2019 — Geske v EUIPO

(Case C‑285/19 P)

(Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — EU trade mark — Application for registration of the figurative sign SATISFYERMEN — Dismissal of application — Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded)

| 1. | Appeal —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 para. 3) |

| 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 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)  (see paras 5, 6) |

| 3. | EU trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark — Assessment of the registrability of a sign — Only EU rules taken into account — Decisions of national authorities not binding on EU bodies  (Regulation 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and Council)  (see paras 5, 6) |

| 4. | EU trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark — Absolute grounds for refusal — Marks composed exclusively of signs or indications capable of designating the characteristics of a product or service — Concept  (Regulation 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and Council, Art. 7(1)(c))  (see paras 5, 6) |

| 5. | EU trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark — Refusal to register based on one of the absolute grounds for refusal listed in Article 7(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Whether sufficient  (Regulation 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and Council, Art. 7(1))  (see paras 5, 6) |

Operative part

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

| 2. | Mr André Geske shall bear his own costs. |

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