# C_2013026EN.01006101.xml

| 26.1.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 26/61 |
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26.1.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 26/61

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Action brought on 19 November 2012 — Farmaceutisk Laboratorium Ferring v OHIM — Tillotts Pharma (OCTASA)

(Case T-501/12)

2013/C 26/121

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Parties

Applicant: Farmaceutisk Laboratorium Ferring A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark) (represented by: I. Fowler, Solicitor, A. Renck and J. Fuhrmann, lawyers)

Applicant:

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Defendant:

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Tillotts Pharma AG (Ziefen, Switzerland)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal:

Form of order sought

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

| — | Annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 6 September 2012 in case R 1214/2011-4; and. |
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Annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 6 September 2012 in case R 1214/2011-4; and.

| — | Order that the costs of the proceedings be borne by the Defendant, or — in the event that the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal intervenes on the side of the Defendant — that they be borne jointly by the Defendant and the Intervener. |
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Order that the costs of the proceedings be borne by the Defendant, or — in the event that the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal intervenes on the side of the Defendant — that they be borne jointly by the Defendant and the Intervener.

Pleas in law and main arguments

Pleas in law and main arguments

Applicant for a Community trade mark: The other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Applicant for a Community trade mark:

Community trade mark concerned: The word mark ‘OCTASA’, for goods in class 5 — Community trade mark application No 8169881

Community trade mark concerned:

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: The applicant

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings:

Mark or sign cited in opposition: Austrian trade mark registration No 102370 for the word mark ‘PENTASA’, for among others goods in class 5; Hungarian trade mark registration No 136836 for the word mark ‘PENTASA’, for goods in class 5; Italian trade mark registration No 40977 C/81 for the word mark ‘PENTASA’, for among others goods in class 5; Polish trade mark registration No 71634 for the word mark ‘PENTASA’, for goods in class 5; Slovak trade mark registration No 175482 for the word mark ‘PENTASA’, for goods in class 5; Swedish trade mark registration No 173377 for the word mark ‘PENTASA’, for among others goods in class 5; French trade mark registration No 1699236 for the word mark ‘PENTASA’, for among others goods in class 5; Irish trade mark registration No 107207 for the word mark ‘PENTASA’, for goods in class 5; Czech trade mark registration No 182567 for the word mark ‘PENTASA’, for goods in class 5

Mark or sign cited in opposition:

Decision of the Opposition Division: Rejected the opposition in its entirety

Decision of the Opposition Division:

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissed the appeal

Decision of the Board of Appeal:

Pleas in law: Infringement of Articles 8(1)(b) and 8(5) of Council Regulation No 207/2009.

Pleas in law:

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