CELEX: 62010TA0222
Language: en
Date: 2011-07-14 00:00:00
Title: Case T-222/10: Judgment of the General Court of 14 July 2011 — ratiopharm v OHIM — Nycomed (ZUFAL) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark ZUFAL — Earlier Community word mark ZURCAL — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Similarity of the goods — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Restriction of the goods designated in the trade mark application — Article 43(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)

10.9.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 269/48
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 14 July 2011 — ratiopharm v OHIM — Nycomed (ZUFAL)
   (Case T-222/10) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark ZUFAL - Earlier Community word mark ZURCAL - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Similarity of the goods - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Restriction of the goods designated in the trade mark application - Article 43(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)
   2011/C 269/107
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: ratiopharm GmbH (Ulm, Germany) (represented by: S. Völker, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (represented by: B. Schmidt, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Nycomed GmbH (Konstanz, Germany) (represented by: A. Ferchland, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 12 March 2010 (Case R 874/2008-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Nycomed GmbH and ratiopharm GmbH.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders ratiopharm GmbH to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 195, 17.7.2010.