Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2017:316
Date: 2017-05-05
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful

Judgment of the General Court of 5 May 2017 — PayPal v EUIPO — Hub Culture (VENMO) (Case T-132/16) 1 (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark VENMO — Bad faith — Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: PayPal, Inc. (San José, California, United States) (represented by: A. Renck, lawyer, and I. Junkar, Solicitor) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Walicka, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Hub Culture Ltd (Hamilton, Bermuda, United Kingdom) (represented by: J. Hill, Barrister) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 January 2016 (Case R 2974/2014-5), relating to invalidity proceedings between PayPal and Hub Culture. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 12 January 2016 (Case R 2974/2014-5); 2. Orders EUIPO to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by PayPal, Inc.; 3. Orders Hub Culture Ltd to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 191, 30.5.2016.