Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 30.5.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 191/34 |

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Action brought on 30 December 2015 — Bittorrent Marketing v EUIPO — BitTorrent (bittorrent)

(Case T-771/15)

(2016/C 191/46)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Bittorrent Marketing GmbH (Neu-Isenburg, Germany) (represented by: C. Hopper, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: BitTorrent, Inc. (San Francisco, California, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘bittorrent’ — EU mark No 3 216 439

Procedure before EUIPO: Revocation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 31 August 2015 in Case R 2275/2013-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision and reject the application for revocation of the parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of the first sentence of Article 76(1) and of Article 76(2) of Regulation No 207/2009; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009. |

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