1. 

Judicial proceedings – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based – Pleas in law not set out in the application – Reference to statement submitted to the Board of Appeal reproduced in the application – Inadmissibility – Re-use, in the application, of certain passages from written submissions lodged with the Board of Appeal – Admissibility

(Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 21, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 177(1)(d))

(see paragraphs 21, 23)

2. 

EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Absolute grounds for invalidity – Marks consisting exclusively of signs or indications which may serve to designate the characteristics of a product or service – Concept

(Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 7(1)(c))

(see paragraphs 29, 30, 58)

3. 

EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Absolute grounds for invalidity – Marks consisting exclusively of signs or indications which may serve to designate the characteristics of a product or service – Assessment of the descriptive character of a sign – Criteria – Breakdown of a word sign into word elements having concrete significance

(Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 7(1)(c))

(see paragraphs 31, 38, 50, 59, 61, 76)

4. 

EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Absolute grounds for invalidity – Marks consisting exclusively of signs or indications which may serve to designate the characteristics of a product or service – Word mark Sütat

(Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 7(1)(c))

(see paragraphs 39-41, 52-54, 66, 68)

5. 

EU trade mark – Procedural provisions – Decisions of EUIPO – Observance of the rights of the defence – Scope of the principle

(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 94(1), second sentence)

(see paragraphs 80, 82)

1. 

Dismisses the action;

2. 

Orders Yayla Türk Lebensmittelvertrieb GmbH to pay the costs.