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Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 27 October 2016 — Debonair Trading Internacional v EUIPO

(Case C‑537/14 P) (
[1](#t-ECR_62014CJ0537_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

‛Appeal — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 8(1)(b) and (5) — Figurative mark including the word elements ‘SO’BiO ētic’ — Opposition by the proprietor of the EU and national word and figurative marks including the word element ‘SO…?’ — Refusal of registration’

Appeal — Grounds — Inadequate or contradictory grounds — Scope of the obligation to state reasons (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 36 and 53, first para.) (see paras 32, 34-36)

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 23 September 2014, Groupe Léa Nature v OHIM — Debonair Trading Internacional (SO’BiO ētic) ([T‑341/13](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=ecli:ECLI%3AEU%3AT%3A2014%3A802&locale=en), not published, [EU:T:2014:802](./../../../legal-content/redirect/?urn=ecli:ECLI%3AEU%3AT%3A2014%3A802&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_62014CJ0537_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 118, 13.4.2015](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2015:118:TOC).

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