Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 20 June 2019 — FCA US v EUIPO

(Case C‑795/18 P)

(Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Partial declaration of invalidity — Word mark VIPER — Earlier national word mark VIPER — Genuine use of the earlier mark)

| 1. | EU trade mark — Decisions of the Office — Observance of the rights of the defence — Scope of the principle — Annulment — Condition  (Council Regulation No 207/2009)  (see para. 5) |

| 2. | Appeal — Grounds — Challenge to the contested decision before the General Court and not the judgment it delivered — Inadmissibility  (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)  (see para. 5) |

| 3. | Appeal — Grounds — Mere repetition of the pleas and arguments put forward before the General Court — Manifest inadmissibility  (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 168(1)(d) and 169(2))  (see para. 5) |

| 4. | 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 para. 5) |

Operative part

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

| 2. | FCA US LLC shall bear its own costs. |

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