Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2021:163
Date: 2021-03-24
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful
Origin: Germany

Action brought on 19 March 2018 – Andreas Stihl v EUIPO – Giro Travel (Combination of colours grey and orange) (Case T-193/18) Language in which the application was lodged: English Parties Applicant: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG (Waiblingen, Germany) (represented by: S. Völker, M. Pemsel and C. Eulenpesch, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Giro Travel Company (Roman, Romania) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant Trade mark at issue: EU colour mark representing the combination of colours grey and orange – Trade mark registration No 7 472 723 Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 January 2018 in Case R 200/2017-2 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; order EUIPO to pay the costs including the costs in the proceedings before the Board of Appeal. Plea in law Infringement of Article 4 in connection with Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation No 2017/1001. ____________