CELEX: C2003/112/60
Language: en
Date: 2003-05-10 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 26 February 2003 in Case T-212/01: Arnaldo Lucacioni v Commission of the European Communities (Officials — Insurance Against the Risk of Accident and of Occupational Disease — Aggravation of injuries — Overlapping of capital and compensation provided by Articles 12 and 14 respectively of the Insurance Rules)

10.5.2003                EN                          Official Journal of the European Union                                       C 112/31
lawyers, v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market                   2.     dismisses the remainder of the application;
(Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agents: F. López de Rego
and J. F. Crespo Carrillo): Action against the decision of the               3.     orders the Commission to pay the costs.
First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the
Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 22 May 2001
(Case R-1086/2000-1), the Court of First Instance (Second
                                                                             (1 ) OJ 2001 C 331.
Chamber), composed of: R. M. Moura Ramos, President,
J. Pirrung and A. W. H. Meij, Judges; D. Christensen, Adminis-
trator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 5 March
2003, in which it:
1.     Dismisses the action;
2.     Orders the applicant to pay the costs.
                                                                                  JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
( 1) OJ C 303 of 27.10.2001.
                                                                                                      of 5 March 2003
                                                                             in Case T-237/01: Alcon Inc v Office for Harmonisation in
                                                                             the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (1)
     JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                                 (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — ‘BSS’
                                                                             — Article 51 of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Absolute
                                                                             ground for refusal — Article 7(1)(d) of Regulation No 40/
                        of 26 February 2003                                  94 — Distinctive character acquired through use —
                                                                                     Articles 7(3) and 51(2) of Regulation No 40/94)
in Case T-212/01: Arnaldo Lucacioni v Commission of the
                    European Communities ( 1)
                                                                                                       (2003/C 112/61)
(Officials — Insurance Against the Risk of Accident and
of Occupational Disease — Aggravation of injuries —                                              (Language of the case: English)
Overlapping of capital and compensation provided by
     Articles 12 and 14 respectively of the Insurance Rules)
                           (2003/C 112/60)                                   In Case T-237/01, Alcon Inc, formerly Alcon Universal
                                                                             Ltd, established in Hünenberg (Switzerland), represented by
                                                                             H. Porter, Solicitor and C. Morcom QC, with an address for
                     (Language of the case: French)                          service in Luxembourg, v Office for Harmonisation in the
                                                                             Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agent:
                                                                             S. Laitinen), the intervener before the Court of First Instance
                                                                             being Dr. Robert Winzer Pharma GmbH, established in
In Case T-212/01: Arnaldo Lucaccioni, former official of the                 Olching (Germany), represented by S.N. Schneller, lawyer:
Commission of the European Communities, residing in St-                      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of
Leonard-on-Sea (United Kingdom), represented by J. R. Iturria-               Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
gagoitia Bassas, lawyer, against Commission of the European                  (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 13 July 2001 (Case R
Communities (Agents: J. Currall and J.-L. Fagnart) - application             273/2000-1), the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber),
for annulment of the decision of the Commission of 16 Nov-                   composed of: R.M. Moura Ramos, President, J. Pirrung and
ember 2000 suspending the procedure to examine a request                     A.W.H. Meij, Judges: J. Plingers, Administrator, for the Regis-
to recognise an aggravation of his occupational illness and                  trar, has given a judgment on 5 March 2003, in which it:
refusal to take action on that request and a claim for damages -
the Court of First Instance (First Chamber), composed of
B. Vesterdorf, President, N. J. Forwood and H. Legal, Judges;                1.     Dismisses the application;
J. Palacio González, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar,
gave a judgment on 26 February 2003, in which it:
                                                                             2.     Orders the applicant to pay the costs.
1.     annuls the decision of the Commission, notified to the applicant
       by letter of 16 November 2000, to suspend the procedure               (1 ) OJ C 369 of 22.12.2001.
       provided for by Article 22 of the Insurance Rules and not to act
       on the applicant’s request seeking the recognition of the
       aggravation of his occupational illness;