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Document 62015CO0611

Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 16 June 2016.
L'Oréal SA v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
Appeal — EU trade mark AINHOA — Revocation proceedings — Genuine use of a mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 15(1), second para., (a) — Article 51(1)(a) — Proof of use — Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 — Rules 22 and 40(5) — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded.
Case C-611/15 P.

Court reports – general – 'Information on unpublished decisions' section

Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 16 June 2016 —

L’Oréal v EUIPO

(Case C‑611/15 P)

‛Appeal — EU trade mark AINHOA — Revocation proceedings — Genuine use of a mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 15(1), second para., (a) — Article 51(1)(a) — Proof of use — Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 — Rules 22 and 40(5) — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part 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 para. 16)

2. 

EU trade mark — Procedural provisions — Revocation proceedings — Facts and evidence not submitted within the prescribed time limit — Account taken — Discretion of the Board of Appeal (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 51(1)(a), 57(1) and 76(2); Commission Regulation No 2868/95, Art. 1, Rule 40(5)) (see paras 24-27)

Operative part

1.

The appeal is dismissed.

2.

L’Oréal SA is ordered to pay the costs.

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