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Document 62024TA0375
Case T-375/24: Judgment of the General Court of 29 October 2025 – European Lotto and Betting v EUIPO – Multi-State Lottery Association (Powerball) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark Powerball – Absolute ground for invalidity – Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Bad faith)
Case T-375/24: Judgment of the General Court of 29 October 2025 – European Lotto and Betting v EUIPO – Multi-State Lottery Association (Powerball) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark Powerball – Absolute ground for invalidity – Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Bad faith)
Case T-375/24: Judgment of the General Court of 29 October 2025 – European Lotto and Betting v EUIPO – Multi-State Lottery Association (Powerball) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark Powerball – Absolute ground for invalidity – Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Bad faith)
OJ C, C/2025/6508, 15.12.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6508/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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Official Journal |
EN C series |
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C/2025/6508 |
15.12.2025 |
Judgment of the General Court of 29 October 2025 – European Lotto and Betting v EUIPO – Multi-State Lottery Association (Powerball)
(Case T-375/24) (1)
(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark Powerball - Absolute ground for invalidity - Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Bad faith)
(C/2025/6508)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: European Lotto and Betting ltd. (Birkirkara, Malta) (represented by: T. Nix and D. Selmi, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Chylińska, E. Markakis and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Multi-State Lottery Association (Johnston, Iowa, United States) (represented by: T. de Haan, S. Vandezande and F. Verhoestraete, lawyers)
Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment in part of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 23 May 2024 (Case R 1915/2022-1).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders European Lotto and Betting ltd. to pay the costs. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6508/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)