Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2014:1050
Date: 2014-12-10
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful

Judgment of the General Court of 10 December 2014 — Novartis v OHIM — Dr Organic (BIOCERT) (Case T-605/11) 1 (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark BIOCERT — Earlier national word mark BIOCEF — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Novartis AG (Basel, Switzerland) (represented by: M. Douglas, lawyer) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Dr Organic Ltd (Swansea, United Kingdom) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 28 September 2011 (Case R 1030/2010-4), concerning opposition proceedings between Novartis AG and Dr Organic Ltd. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 28 September 2011 (Case R 1030/2010-4). Orders OHIM to pay the costs. ____________ ____________ 1 OJ C 32, 4.2.2012.