Case T-47/07: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 September 2008 — ratiopharm v OHIM (BioGeneriX) (Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark BioGeneriX — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Date: 2008-09-16
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), pharmaceutical product, trade-mark law

C 285/38

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.11.2008

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 17 September
2008 — FVB v OHIM

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 September
2008 — ratiopharm v OHIM (BioGeneriX)

(Case T-10/07) (1)

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Appli-
cation for Community word mark FVB — Earlier national
word mark FVD — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood
of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

(Case T-47/07) (1)

(Community trade mark — Application for Community word
mark BioGeneriX — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descrip-
tive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

(2008/C 285/69)

Language of the case: German

(2008/C 285/68)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: ratiopharm GmbH (Ulm, Germany) (represented first
by Rechtsanwalt S. Völker, and then by S. Völker and A.
Schabenberger, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, acting
as Agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of
Appeal of OHIM of 20 December 2006 (Case R 1047/2004-4)
concerning an application for registration of the word mark
BioGenerix as a Community trade mark

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action.

2. Orders ratiopharm GmbH to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 82, 14.4.2007.

Parties

Applicant: FVB Gesellschaft für Finanz- und Versorgungsberatung
mbH (Osnabrück, Germany) (represented by: P. Koehler, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: B. Schmidt, acting as
Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM
intervening before the Court of First Instance: FVD Gesellschaft für
Finanzplanung und Vermögensberatung Deutschland mbH,
formerly FVD Gesellschaft für Finanzplanung und Vorsorgeman-
agement Deutschland mbH (Hamburg, Germany) (represented:
first by J. Mattes and P. Heigl, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of
Appeal of OHIM of 6 November 2006 (Case R 1343/2005-4),
relating to opposition proceedings between FVD Gesellschaft für
Finanzplanung und Vorsorgemanagement Deutschland mbH
and FVB Gesellschaft
für Finanz- und Versorgungsberatung
mbH.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 September
2008 — ratiopharm v OHIM (BioGeneriX)

Operative part of the judgment

(Case T-48/07) (1)

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders FVB Gesellschaft
mbH to pay the costs.

für Finanz- und Versorgungsberatung

(Community trade mark — Application for Community word
mark BioGeneriX — Absolute ground for refusal — Partially
descriptive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation
(EC) No 40/94)

(2008/C 285/70)

Language of the case: German

(1) OJ C 56, 10.3.2007.

Parties

Applicant: ratiopharm GmbH (Ulm, Germany) (represented initi-
ally by S. Völker, then by S. Völker and A. Schabenberger,
lawyers)