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Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 11 September 2018 — Allstate Insurance v EUIPO

(Case C‑542/17 P) (
[1](#t-ECR_62017CO0542_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — EU trade mark — Application for registration of the word mark DRIVEWISE — Dismissal of the application — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 7(1)(c) — Article 7(2) — Article 75 — Descriptive character — Neologism composed of elements each of which is descriptive of the characteristics of the goods or services concerned — Intended purpose of the goods or services — Distortion — Duty to state reasons)

| 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 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 58, first para.)  (see paras 23, 24) |

| 2. | EU trade mark—Appeals procedure—Action before the EU judicature—Jurisdiction of the General Court—Pleas as a matter of public policy—To be considered of the Court’s own motion  (see para. 40) |

Operative part

| 1. | The appeal is dismissed as manifestly unfounded. |

| 2. | Allstate Insurance Company shall pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62017CO0542_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 13, 15.1.2018](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2018:013:TOC).

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