Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 29.5.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 168/33 |

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Action brought on 5 April 2017 — Romantik Hotels & Restaurants v EUIPO — Hotel Preidlhof (ROMANTIK)

(Case T-213/17)

(2017/C 168/43)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Romantik Hotels & Restaurants AG (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: S. Hofmann and W. Göpfert, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Hotel Preidlhof GmbH (Naturns, Italy)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘ROMANTIK’ — EU trade mark No 2 527 109

Procedure before EUIPO: Invalidity proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 February 2017 in Case R 1257/2016-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision, in so far as the declaration that EU trade mark No 2 527 109 ‘ROMANTIK’ (a word mark) is invalid is confirmed in that decision; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 in conjunction with Article 52(1)(a) thereof; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 in conjunction with Article 52(2) thereof. |

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