CELEX: 62008TN0462
Language: en
Date: 2008-10-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-462/08: Action brought on 13 October 2008 — Winzer Pharma v OHIM — Alcon (OFTAL CUSI)

20.12.2008   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 327/38
            
         Action brought on 13 October 2008 — Winzer Pharma v OHIM — Alcon (OFTAL CUSI)
   (Case T-462/08)
   (2008/C 327/67)
   Language in which the application was lodged: German
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Dr. Robert Winzer Pharma GmbH (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: S. Schneller, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Alcon, Inc. (Hünenberg, Switzerland)
   Form of order sought
   
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               Annul the decision of the Board of Appeal of OHIM of 17 July 2008 (R 1471/2007-1) and the decision of the Opposition Division of OHIM of 16 July 2007 (B 809 899);
            
         
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               Reject the Community trade mark application No 003679181 ‘Oftal Cusi’;
            
         
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               Order OHIM to pay all the costs of the proceedings.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   
      Applicant for a Community trade mark: Alcon Cusì, S.A (subsequently, Alcon, Inc.)
   
      Community trade mark applied for: the word mark ‘OFTAL CUSI’ for goods in Class 5.
   
      Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: Winzer Pharma
   
      Mark or sign cited in opposition:‘Ophtal’ (No 489 948) for goods in Class 5.
   
      Decision of the Opposition Division: Rejection of the opposition.
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissal of the appeal.
   
      Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/1994 (1) in that on account of their similarity there is a likelihood of confusion between the marks at issue.
   
      (1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 40/1994 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark (OJ 1994 L 11, p. 1).