Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Order of the Court (Chamber determining whether appeals may proceed) of 29 October 2020 –

Kerry Luxembourg v EUIPO

(Case C‑305/20 P)

(Appeal – EU trade mark – Determination as to whether appeals should be allowed to proceed – Article 170b Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Request failing to demonstrate that an issue is significant with respect to the unity, consistency or development of EU law – Refusal to allow the appeal to proceed)

| 1. | Appeal – Preliminary admission scheme – Issue that is significant with respect to the unity, consistency or development of EU law – Burden of proof  (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58a; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 170b)  (see para. 11) |

| 2. | Appeal – Preliminary admission scheme – Request that an appeal be allowed to proceed – Formal requirements  (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58a; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 170a and 170b)  (see paras 12-14) |

| 3. | Appeal – Preliminary admission scheme – Issue that is significant with respect to the unity, consistency or development of EU law – Request that the appeal be allowed to proceed failing to demonstrate that the issue is significant – Refusal to allow the appeal to proceed  (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58a; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 170a and 170b)  (see paras 15, 16, 21) |

| 4. | EU trade mark – Procedural provisions – Examination of the facts of the Office’s own motion – Scope – Obligation to prove matters within common knowledge – No such obligation – Dispute before the General Court – Submission of documents to demonstrate the accuracy of a well-known fact  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 76(1))  (see para. 17) |

| 5. | Appeal – Preliminary admission scheme – Issue that is significant with respect to the unity, consistency or development of EU law – Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence – Precluded  (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para., and 58a; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 170b)  (see para. 18) |

| 6. | Appeal – Preliminary admission scheme – Issue that is significant with respect to the unity, consistency or development of EU law – Incompatibility with the case-law of the Court – Request that the appeal be allowed to proceed failing to demonstrate that the issue is significant – Refusal to allow the appeal to proceed  (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58a; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 170a(1) and 170b)  (see para. 20) |

Operative part

| 1. | The appeal is not allowed to proceed. |

| 2. | Kerry Luxembourg Sàrl shall bear its own costs. |

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