Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2023:211
Date: 2023-04-26
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Action brought on 22 December 2021 – Wenz Kunststoff v EUIPO – Mouldpro (MOULDPRO) (Case T-794/21) Language in which the application was lodged: German Parties Applicant: Wenz Kunststoff GmbH & Co. KG (Lüdenscheid, Germany) (represented by: J. Bühling and D. Graetsch, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Mouldpro ApS (Ballerup, Denmark) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant Trade mark at issue: EU word mark MOULDPRO – EU trade mark No 10 022 317 Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 October 2021 in Case R 646/2020-2 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; reject the application of Mouldpro ApS of 30 January 2018 for cancellation of EU trade mark No 10 022 317; in the alternative: reject the application for cancellation in so far as it covers anything other than hose couplings of plastic (included in Class 17); in the alternative: refer the case back to EUIPO for a further hearing and decision; order EUIPO to pay the costs, including the costs incurred in the appeal proceedings. Plea in law Infringement of Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. ____________