Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 31 January 2017 —  
Universal Protein Supplements v EUIPO

(Case C‑485/16 P)

(Appeal — Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Article 181 — EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Figurative mark containing the word element ‘animal’)

| 1. | Judicial proceedings—Measures of organisation of procedure—Written questions put to the parties—No automatic effect on the outcome of the dispute—Freedom of the General Court in its absolute discretion to assess the facts and evidence  (Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 64, 65 and 88)  (see para. 15) |

| 2. | Appeal—Grounds—Plea against a ground of the judgment not necessary to support the operative part—Invalid plea in law  (see para. 21) |

Operative part

| 1. | The appeal is dismissed. |

| 2. | Universal Protein Supplements Corp. shall pay its own costs. |

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