Language of document : ECLI:EU:C:2019:994


 


 



Order of the Court (Chamber determining whether appeals may proceed) of 20 November 2019 — Retail Royalty v Fashion Energy

(Case C‑678/19 P)

(Appeal — EU trade mark — Determination as to whether appeals should be allowed to proceed — Article 170b of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Request failing to demonstrate the significance of an issue with respect to the unity, consistency or development of EU law — Appeal not allowed to proceed)

1.      Appeal — Scheme for prior determination as to whether appeals should be allowed to proceed — Significant issue with respect to the unity, consistency or development of EU law — Request that the appeal be allowed to proceed failing to show the significance of the issue — Appeal not allowed to proceed

(Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58a; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 170b)

(see paras 13-16, 24)

2.      Appeal — Scheme for prior determination as to whether appeals should be allowed to proceed — Significant issue with respect to the unity, consistency or development of EU law — Conflict with the Court’s case-law — Request that the appeal be allowed to proceed failing to show the significance of the issue — Appeal not allowed to proceed

(Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58a; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 170b)

(see para. 17)

3.      EU trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark — Relative grounds for refusal — Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services — Similarity of the marks concerned — Criteria for assessment — Composite mark

(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(1)(b))

(see para. 18)

4.      EU trade mark — Appeals procedure — Action before the EU Courts — Power of the General Court to alter the contested decision — Limits

(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 2017/1001, Art. 72(3))

(see para. 22)

Operative part

1.

The appeal is not allowed to proceed.

2.

Retail Royalty Co. shall bear its own costs.