Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2017:30
Date: 2017-01-25
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Action brought on 22 April 2016 – Anton Riemerschmid Weinbrennerei und Likörfabrik v EUIPO – Viña y Bodega Botalcura (LITU) (Case T-187/16) Language in which the application was lodged: English Parties Applicant: Anton Riemerschmid Weinbrennerei und Likörfabrik GmbH & Co. KG (Erding, Germany) (represented by: P. Koch Moreno, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Viña y Bodega Botalcura SA (Las Condes, Chile) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘LITU’ – Application for registration No 12 684 833 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 9 February 2016 in Case R 719/2015-2 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: deliver a judgment accepting the action, fully annulling the contested decision; order to dismiss the European Union Trademark Application for the word mark LITU in relation to all the goods; order that the Defendant and/or the other party to the proceedings should bear the fees and costs. Plea in law Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009. ____________