Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:587
Date: 2025-06-11
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment

Action brought on 27 September 2023 – Nio v EUIPO – Audi (ES8) (Case T-593/23) Language in which the application was lodged: German Parties Applicant: Nio Holding Co. Ltd (Hefei, China) (represented by: T. Hogh Holub, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Audi AG (Ingolstadt, Germany) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ES8 – EU trade mark No 16 079 196 Proceedings before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 July 2023 in Case R 547/2023-1 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; order EUIPO and AUDI AG to pay the costs. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 60(1)(a), read in conjunction with Article 8(1)(b), of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Infringement of Article 95(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, read in conjunction with Article 27(4) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625; Infringement of Article 64(2), read in conjunction with Article 18(1), of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, read in conjunction with Article 10(3) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625. ____________