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Case T-697/25: Action brought on 10 October 2025 – Bittorrent Marketing and Hochmann Marketing v EUIPO – Rainberry (BitTorrent)
Case T-697/25: Action brought on 10 October 2025 – Bittorrent Marketing and Hochmann Marketing v EUIPO – Rainberry (BitTorrent)
Case T-697/25: Action brought on 10 October 2025 – Bittorrent Marketing and Hochmann Marketing v EUIPO – Rainberry (BitTorrent)
OJ C, C/2025/6394, 8.12.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6394/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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EN C series |
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C/2025/6394 |
8.12.2025 |
Action brought on 10 October 2025 – Bittorrent Marketing and Hochmann Marketing v EUIPO – Rainberry (BitTorrent)
(Case T-697/25)
(C/2025/6394)
Language in which the application was lodged: English
Parties
Applicants: Bittorrent Marketing GmbH (Vienna, Austria), Hochmann Marketing GmbH (Neu-Isenburg, Germany) (represented by: J. Jennings, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Rainberry, Inc. (San Francisco, California, United States)
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 BitTorrent – European Union trade mark No 10 505 113
Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings
Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 August 2025 in Case R 1794/2024-1
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
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annul the contested decision; |
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declare that the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal did not participate properly in EUIPO proceedings due to a lack of effective representation; |
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cancel EU figurative trade mark No 10 505 113 (‘BITTORRENT’) in its entirety for all registered goods and services in Classes 9, 38 and 42; |
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set aside the decision on costs of the Cancellation Division and impose the costs of the cancellation proceedings on the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal in the ratio of 95:5; |
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order EUIPO and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to pay the costs; |
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in the alternative: refer the case back to the First Board of Appeal of the EUIPO with the following binding instructions:
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Pleas in law
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Infringement of Article 8(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |
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Infringement of Article 72 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |
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Infringement of Article 74 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |
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Infringement of Article 93(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |
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Infringement of Article 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |
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Infringement of Article 95(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |
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Infringement of Article 109(1) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |
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Infringement of Article 119(1) and (3), 120(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |
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Infringement of Article 120(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6394/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)