CELEX: 62020TA0210
Language: en
Date: 2021-10-20 00:00:00
Title: Case T-210/20: Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2021 — Square v EUIPO — ($ Cash App) (EU trade mark — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark $ Cash App — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Right to be heard — Obligation to state reasons — Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Equal treatment and principle of sound administration)

13.12.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 502/22
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2021 — Square v EUIPO — ($ Cash App)
      (Case T-210/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - International registration designating the European Union - Figurative mark $ Cash App - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Right to be heard - Obligation to state reasons - Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Equal treatment and principle of sound administration)
      (2021/C 502/33)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Square, Inc. (San Francisco, California, United States) (represented by: M. Hawkins, Solicitor, and by K. Lüder and T. Dolde, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: L. Lapinskaite, J. Crespo Carrillo and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 February 2020 (Case R 811/2019-1), relating to the international registration designating the European Union in respect of the figurative mark $ Cash App.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Square, Inc. to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 209, 22.6.2020.