Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2018:216
Date: 2018-04-24
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Poland

Judgment of the General Court of 24 April 2018 — Senetic v EUIPO –HP Hewlett Packard Group (HP) (Case T-208/17) 1 (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark HP — Absolute grounds for refusal — Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation 2017/1001) — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Bad faith — Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001)) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Senetic S.A. (Katowice, Poland) (represented by: M. Krekora, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: L. Rampini, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: HP Hewlett Packard Group LLC (Houston, Texas, United States) (represented by: T. Raab and C. Tenkhoff, lawyers) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 1 February 2017 (Case R 1002/2016-5) relating to invalidity proceedings between Senetic and HP Hewlett Packard Group. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Senetic S.A. to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 168, 29.5.2017.