CELEX: C2005/281/36
Language: en
Date: 2005-11-12 00:00:00
Title: Case T-130/03: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 22 September 2005 — Alcon v OHIM (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Earlier national word mark TRIVASTAN — Application for Community word mark TRAVATAN — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

12.11.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 281/20
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 22 September 2005 — Alcon v OHIM
   (Case T-130/03) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Earlier national word mark TRIVASTAN - Application for Community word mark TRAVATAN - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
   (2005/C 281/36)
   Language of the case: English
   Parties
   
      Applicant(s): Alcon Inc. (Hünenberg, Switzerland) (represented by: G. Breen, Solicitor, and J. Gleeson, Barrister)
   
      Defendant(s): Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas and S. Laitinen, Agents)
   
      Other party or parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the Court of First Instance
      
         :
       Biofarma SA, (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) (represented by: V. Gil Vega, A. Ruiz Lopez, and D. González Maroto, lawyer)
   Application for
   annulment of the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of OHIM of 30 January 2003 (Case R 968/2001-3) concerning opposition proceedings between Alcon Inc. and Biofarma SA
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the applicant to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 158, 5.7.2003.