Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 6 December 2016 — Novomatic v EUIPO

(Case C‑342/16 P)

(Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — EU trade mark — Figurative mark containing the word elements ‘HOT JOKER’ — Opposition by the proprietor of the figurative mark containing the word elements ‘joker +’ — Refusal of registration)

| 1. | Appeal—Grounds—Review by the Court of Justice of the assessment of the facts put before the General Court—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 4, 5) |

| 2. | Appeal—Grounds—Mere repetition of the pleas and arguments put forward before the General Court—Error of law relied on not identified—Inadmissibility  (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)  (see paras 4, 5) |

| 3. | Appeal—Grounds—Plea submitted for the first time in the context of the appeal—Inadmissibility  (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)  (see para. 4) |

Operative part

| 1. | The appeal is dismissed. |

| 2. | Novomatic AG is ordered to bear its own costs. |

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