Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 30.5.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 191/37 |

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Action brought on 23 March 2016 — PayPal v EUIPO — Hub Culture (VENMO)

(Case T-132/16)

(2016/C 191/49)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: PayPal, Inc. (San Jose, California, United States) (represented by: A. Renck, lawyer and I. Junkar, Solicitor)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Hub Culture Ltd (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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: EU word mark ‘VENMO’ — EU trade mark No 9 509 357

Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 January 2016 in Case R 2974/2014-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | order that the costs of the proceeding be borne by EUIPO and by the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal if it joins as intervener. |

Plea in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009. |

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