Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2021:156
Date: 2021-03-24
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Action brought on 4 June2020 – Kfz-Gewerbe v EUIPO – The Blink Fish (Representation of a fish) (Case T-354/20) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Wirtschaftsgesellschaft des Kfz-Gewerbes mbH (Bonn, Germany) (represented by: N. Hebeis, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: The Blink Fish Srl (Milan, Italy) 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: European Union figurative mark (Representation of a fish) – European Union trade mark No 17 301 359 Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 April 2020 in Case R 2333/2019-4 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: partially annul the contested decision as far as the following services of the contested European Union trade mark application No 17 301 359 are concerned: - class 35 : Advertising, Business management; - class 38 : Telecommunication services; - class 41 : Entertainment services, Sporting and cultural activities, Teaching, Training; order EUIPO to bear the costs of the proceedings. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Infringement of Article 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council in the failure to state reasons in the contested decision of the Board of Appeal. ____________