Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 4.7.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 243/37 |

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Action brought on 22 April 2016 – Anton Riemerschmid Weinbrennerei und Likörfabrik v EUIPO – Viña y Bodega Botalcura (LITU)

(Case T-187/16)

(2016/C 243/40)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Anton Riemerschmid Weinbrennerei und Likörfabrik GmbH & Co. KG (Erding, Germany) (represented by: P. Koch Moreno, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Viña y Bodega Botalcura SA (Las Condes, Chile)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘LITU’ – Application for registration No 12 684 833

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 9 February 2016 in Case R 719/2015-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | deliver a judgment accepting the action, fully annulling the contested decision; |

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| — | order to dismiss the European Union Trademark Application for the word mark LITU in relation to all the goods; |

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| — | order that the Defendant and/or the other party to the proceedings should bear the fees and costs. |

Plea in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009. |

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