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Document 62018TN0043

Case T-43/18: Action brought on 24 January 2018 — Rietze v EUIPO — Volkswagen (Voitures)

IO C 104, 19.3.2018, p. 50–51 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

19.3.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 104/50


Action brought on 24 January 2018 — Rietze v EUIPO — Volkswagen (Voitures)

(Case T-43/18)

(2018/C 104/64)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Rietze GmbH & Co. KG (Altdorf, Germany) (represented by: M. Krogmann, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the design at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Design at issue: European Union design No 5467-0001

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 November 2017 in Case R 1204/2016-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO and declare EU design No 5467-0001 invalid;

order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Article 4(1), in conjunction with Article 6(1)(b), of Regulation No 6/2002.


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