Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 May 2019 — Volkswagen v EUIPO

(Case C‑744/18 P)

(Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — EU trade mark — Application for registration of figurative mark MAIN AUTO WHEELS — Opposition proceedings — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 8(1)(b) and (5) — Obligation to state reasons — Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded )

| 1. | EU trade mark — Decisions of the Office — Legality — EUIPO’s previous decision-making practice  (Council Regulation No 207/2009)  (see para. 5) |

| 2. | Appeals — 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(1)(1))  (see para 5) |

Operative part

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

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

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