Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2019:877
Date: 2019-12-19
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Action brought on 26 June 2018 — Sta*Ware EDV Beratung v EUIPO — Accelerate IT Consulting (businessNavi) (Case T-383/18) Language in which the application was lodged: German Parties Applicant: Sta*Ware EDV Beratung GmbH (Starnberg, Germany) (represented by: M. Bölling and M. Graf, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Accelerate IT Consulting GmbH (Ahlen, Germany) 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 businessNavi — EU trade mark No 9 155 698 Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 May 2018 in Case R 434/2017-5 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision, in so far as it annulled the decision of the Cancellation Division of 16 February 2017 (Cancellation No 12 336 C) and declared that EU trade mark No 9 155 698 businessNavi (figurative mark) should remain registered for the following services in Class 42: Updating of computer software, consultancy in the field of computer hardware, computer software consultancy, computer systems analyses, computer systems design, data management on servers, computer programming services, computer consultancy (information technology services), computer programming, hardware and software consultancy, implementation of computer programs on networks, installation and maintenance of software for internet access, installation of computer programs, configuration of computer networks using software, performance monitoring and analysis of network operations, server administration, technical project management in the field of computer processing; order EUIPO to pay the costs. Plea in law Infringement of Articles 58(1)(a) and 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in conjunction with Rule 22(3) and (4) and Rule 40(5) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2868/95. ____________