Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2017:784
Date: 2017-11-08
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Action brought on 6 February 2017 — Steiniger v EUIPO — ista Deutschland (IST) (Case T-80/17) Language in which the application was lodged: German Parties Applicant: Ingo Steiniger (Nümbrecht, Germany) (represented by: K. Schulze Horn, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: ista Deutschland GmbH (Essen, Germany) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Applicant for registration of the trade mark at issue: The applicant Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark containing the word element ‘IST’ — Application for registration No 10 673 812 Proceedings before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 1 December 2016 in Case R 2242/2015-5 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision and the decision of the Opposition Division of EUIPO of 24 September 2015; vary the contested decision in such a way that the objection is rejected in its entirety; order EUIPO to pay the costs, including the costs incurred in the course of the appeal proceedings. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 8 of Regulation No 207/2009; Infringement of Rule 20(6) of Regulation No 2868/95. ____________