Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2022:518
Date: 2022-09-07
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 23 March 2021 – Völkl v EUIPO – Marker Dalbello Völkl (International) (Völkl) (Case T-155/21) Language in which the application was lodged: German Parties Applicant: Völkl GmbH & Co. KG (Erding, Germany) (represented by: C. Raßmann, M. Suether and F. Adinolfi, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Marker Dalbello Völkl (International) GmbH (Baar, Switzerland) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark Völkl – EU trade mark No 4 467 569 Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 January 2021 in Case R 568/2020-4 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; order EUIPO and the other party, should it intervene, to pay the costs of these proceedings and of the earlier appeal proceedings. Plea in law Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) and (4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. ____________