Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 28 June 2018 — Hochmann Marketing v EUIPO

(Case C‑118/18 P)

(Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — Word mark bittorrent — Declaration of revocation)

1.      Appeal — Grounds — Grounds which are manifestly inadmissible or manifestly unfounded — Dismissal at any point, by reasoned order, without an oral procedure

(Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 181)

(see paras 5, 6)

2.      EU trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark — Assessment of the registrability of a sign — EU rules only taken into account — Decisions of national authorities not binding EU bodies

(Council Regulation No 207/2009)

(see paras 5, 6)

3.      Appeal — Grounds — Plea submitted for the first time in the context of the appeal — Inadmissibility

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

(see paras 5, 6)

Operative part

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

2. Hochmann Marketing GmbH shall bear its own costs.