Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 7 September 2016 — Lotte Co. Ltd v European Union Intellectual Property Office

(Case C-586/15 P) (1)

((Appeal - Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - EU trade mark - Figurative mark including a word element in Japanese and a picture of a koala in a tree holding a small koala - Opposition by the proprietor of the earlier national three-dimensional mark KOALA-BÄREN and earlier figurative mark KOALA - Proof of genuine use of the mark - Use of the mark in a form differing by elements not altering the distinctive character of the mark - Article 15(1)(a) and Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded))

(2016/C 454/24)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Appellant: Lotte Co. Ltd (represented by: M. Knitter, lawyer)

The other parties to the proceedings: Nestlé Unternehmungen Deutschland GmbH (represented by: A. Jaeger-Lenz, lawyer), European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Walicka, acting as Agent)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1)	Dismisses the appeal;

2)	Orders Lotte Co. Ltd to bear, in addition to its own costs, the costs incurred by Nestlé Unternehmungen Deutschland GmbH;

3)	The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shall bear its own costs.

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(1)  OJ C 59, 15.2.2016.