Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2018:309
Date: 2018-05-29
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Action brought on 16 May 2017 — Sata v EUIPO — Zhejiang Rongpeng Air Tools (1000) (Case T-299/17) Language in which the application was lodged: German Parties Applicant: Sata GmbH & Co. KG (Kornwestheim, Germany) (represented by: M.-C. Simon, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Zhejiang Rongpeng Air Tools Co. Ltd (Pengjie Town, China) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant Trade mark at issue: The sign ‘1000’ — EU trade mark No 12 333 531 Procedure before EUIPO: Invalidity proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 March 2017 in Case R 650/2016-4 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; order EUIPO to pay the costs; in the event that the respondent before the Board of Appeal decides to intervene in the proceedings, order that intervener to pay the costs. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009; Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009; Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009; Infringement of the principle of equal treatment and the principle of sound administration. ____________