Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2019:328
Date: 2019-05-14
Language of the case: English
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Action brought on 11 January 2018 – Zweirad-Center Stadler v EUIPO – Triumph Designs (Triumph) (Case T-12/18) Language in which the application was lodged: English Parties Applicant: Zweirad-Center Stadler GmbH (Regensburg, Germany) (represented by: P. Ruess and A. Doepner-Thiele, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Triumph Designs Ltd (Swadlincote, United Kingdom) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘Triumph’ – Application for registration No 6 717 672 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 November 2017 in Case R 665/2017-5 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision to the extent that it refused the trade mark application for the goods in classes 9, 12 and 25; reject the opposition in its entirety and allow the trade mark to be registered for those goods, or, in the alternative, refer the case back to EUIPO in order that it may adopt the consequent measures; order EUIPO and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO to pay the costs incurred by the applicant. Plea in law Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009. ____________