Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2017:783
Date: 2017-11-07
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful

Action brought on 4 April 2016 — Mundipharma v EUIPO — Multipharma (MULTIPHARMA) (Case T-144/16) Language in which the application was lodged: German Parties Applicant: Mundipharma AG (Basle, Switzerland) (represented by: F. Nielsen, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Multipharma SA (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘MULTIPHARMA’ — Application for registration No 9 537 887 Proceedings before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 January 2016 in Case R 2950/2014-1 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings, including those incurred in the appeal proceedings. Plea in law Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009. ____________