Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2017:259
Date: 2017-04-06
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Denmark

Action brought on 1 February 2016 – Azanta v OHIM – Novartis (NIMORAL) (Case T-49/16) Language in which the application was lodged: English Parties Applicant: Azanta A/S (Hellerup, Denmark) (represented by: M. Hoffgaard Rasmussen, lawyer) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Novartis AG (Basel, Switzerland) Details of the proceedings before OHIM Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant Trade mark at issue: Community word mark ‘NIMORAL’ – Application for registration No 12 204 079 Procedure before OHIM: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 1 December 2015 in Case R 634/2015-4 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; allow the registration of the contested trademark. Plea in law Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009. ____________