1. 

Appeal – Grounds – Mistaken 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 – Ground of appeal alleging distortion of the clear sense of the evidence – Necessity of indicating precisely the evidence alleged to have been distorted and showing the errors of appraisal which led to that distortion

(Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 168(1)(d))

(see para. 44)

2. 

Appeal – Grounds – Inadequate statement of reasons – Reliance by the General Court on implied reasoning – Whether permissible – Conditions

(Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 36 and 53, first para.)

(see para. 63)

3. 

Appeal – Grounds – Incorrect assessment of the evidence duly produced – Inadmissible save when the clear sense of the evidence is distorted – Duty of the General Court to state the reasons for its assessment of the evidence – Scope

(Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)

(see para. 72)

4. 

Appeal – Grounds – Plea against a ground of the judgment not necessary to support the operative part – Plea in law ineffective

(see para. 92)

1. 

Dismisses the appeal;

2. 

Orders Dovgan GmbH to bear its own costs and those incurred by Monolith Frost GmbH;

3. 

Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs.