CELEX: 62016TA0132
Language: en
Date: 2017-05-05 00:00:00
Title: Case T-132/16: Judgment of the General Court of 5 May 2017 — PayPal v EUIPO — Hub Culture (VENMO) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark VENMO — Bad faith — Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

19.6.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 195/24
            
         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))
   (2017/C 195/33)
   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.