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ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE EIGHTH CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
7 February 2017 (*)
(Removal from the register)
In Case T-908/16,
Starbucks (HK) Ltd, established in Hong Kong (China), represented by P. Kavanagh, Solicitor,
applicant,
v
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO),
defendant,
the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of the EUIPO being
Now Wireless Ltd, established inWhyteleafe (United Kingdom),
ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 October 2016 (Case R 662/2016-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Starbucks (HK) Ltd and Now Wireless Ltd.
1 By letters lodged at the Court Registry on 4 January 2017 and 10 January 2017, the applicant informed the Court, in accordance with Article 125 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, that it wished to discontinue proceedings.
It sought no order as to costs.
2 Taking into account the application to discontinue the proceedings lodged by the applicant, the case should therefore be removed from the register.
3 As the present order is adopted prior to service of the application on the defendant and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO and before they could have incurred costs, it is sufficient to decide that the applicant must bear its own costs pursuant to Article 136 of the Rules of Procedure.
On those grounds,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE EIGHTH CHAMBER
OF THE GENERAL COURT
hereby orders:
1. Case T‑908/16 is removed from the register of the General Court.
2. Starbucks (HK) Ltd shall bear its own costs.
Luxembourg, 7 February 2017.