Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2014:29
Date: 2014-01-23
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 23 January 2014 – Novartis v OHIM (CARE TO CARE) (Case T-68/13) 1 (Community trade mark – Application for the Community word mark CARE TO CARE – Absolute ground for refusal – No distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Novartis AG (Basle, Switzerland) (represented by: M. Douglas, lawyer) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: M. Rajh and J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agents) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 November 2012 (Case R 953/2012-1), concerning an application for registration of the word sign CARE TO CARE as a Community trade mark. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Novartis AG to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 108, 13.4.2013.