CELEX: 62008TA0477
Language: en
Date: 2010-03-04 00:00:00
Title: Case T-477/08: Judgment of the General Court of 4 March 2010 — Mundipharma v OHIM — ALK-Abelló (AVANZALENE) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark AVANZALENE — Earlier Community word mark AVANZ — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

1.5.2010   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 113/42
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 4 March 2010 — Mundipharma v OHIM — ALK-Abelló (AVANZALENE)
   (Case T-477/08) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark AVANZALENE - Earlier Community word mark AVANZ - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   2010/C 113/67
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Mundipharma AG (Basle, Switzerland) (represented by: F. Nielsen, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard Monguiral, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the General Court: ALK-Abelló A/S (Hørsholm, Denmark) (represented by: S. Palomäki Arnesen, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 28 August 2008 (Case R 1694/2007-4), relating to opposition proceedings between ALK-Abelló A/S and Mundipharma AG.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Mundipharma AG to pay the costs, except those incurred by ALK-Abelló A/S.
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders ALK-Abelló to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 6, 10.1.2009.