Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 4 May 2016 —

Monster Energy v EUIPO

(Case C‑603/15 P)

‛Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure — EU trade mark — Grounds which are manifestly inadmissible or manifestly unfounded’

| 1. | 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(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see paras 32, 36) |

| 2. | Judicial proceedings — Time limit for instituting proceedings — Claim barred by lapse of time — Unforeseeable circumstances or force majeure — Definition (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 45, second para.) (see para. 35) |

| 3. | Appeal — Grounds — Plea submitted for the first time in the context of the appeal — Inadmissibility (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see para. 39) |

Operative part

| 1. | The appeal is dismissed. |

| 2. | Monster Energy Company shall bear its own costs. |

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