Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2019:439
Date: 2019-06-20
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Action brought on 21 June 2018 — Nonnemacher v EUIPO — Ingram (WKU WORLD KICKBOXING AND KARATE UNION) (Case T-390/18) Language in which the application was lodged: German Parties Applicant: Klaus Nonnemacher (Karlsruhe, Germany) (represented by: C. Zierhut, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Paul Ingram (Birmingham, United Kingdom) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark WKU WORLD KICKBOXING AND KARATE UNION — EU trade mark No 11 523 958 Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 April 2018 in Case R 409/2017-1 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the General Court should: annul the contested decision; order EUIPO to pay the costs. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Infringement of Article 61 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. ____________