CELEX: 62011TA0580
Language: en
Date: 2013-06-06 00:00:00
Title: Case T-580/11: Judgment of the General Court of 6 June 2013 — McNeil v OHIM — Alkalon (NICORONO) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark NICORONO — Earlier Community word mark NICORETTE — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

3.8.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 225/73
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 6 June 2013 — McNeil v OHIM — Alkalon (NICORONO)
   (Case T-580/11) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark NICORONO - Earlier Community word mark NICORETTE - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
   2013/C 225/161
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: McNeil AB (Helsingborg, Sweden) (represented by: I. Starr, Solicitor, and G. Tritton, Barrister)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Alkalon ApS (Copenhagen, Denmark)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 August 2011 (Case R 1582/2010-2), relating to opposition proceedings between McNeil AB and Alkalon ApS.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 3 August 2011 (Case R 1582/2010-2);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders OHIM to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 25, 28.1.2012.