Action brought on 23 March 2021 – Völkl v EUIPO – Marker Dalbello Völkl (International) (Marker Völkl)
(Case T-156/21)
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: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark Marker Völkl – International registration designating the European Union No W00891106
Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings
Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 January 2021 in Case R 0055/2020-4
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
annul the contested decision;
order the defendant 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.
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