CELEX: 62008CB0481
Language: en
Date: 2009-09-24 00:00:00
Title: Case C-481/08 P: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 24 September 2009 — Alcon Inc. v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), *Acri.Tec AG Gesellschaft für ophthalmologische Produkte (Appeals — Community trade mark — Word mark BioVisc — Opposition filed by the proprietor of Community and international word marks PROVISC and DUOVISC — Rejection of the opposition by the Board of Appeal of OHIM)

16.1.2010   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 11/10
            
         Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 24 September 2009 — Alcon Inc. v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), *Acri.Tec AG Gesellschaft für ophthalmologische Produkte
   (Case C-481/08 P) (1)
   
   (Appeals - Community trade mark - Word mark BioVisc - Opposition filed by the proprietor of Community and international word marks PROVISC and DUOVISC - Rejection of the opposition by the Board of Appeal of OHIM)
   2010/C 11/16
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: Alcon Inc. (represented by: M. Graf, Rechtsanwalt)
   
      Other parties to the proceedings: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent), *Acri.Tec AG Gesellschaft für ophthalmologische Produkte (represented by: H. Förster, Rechtsanwalt)
   
      Re:
   
   Appeal brought against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) in Case T-106/07 Alcon v OHIM and *Acri.Tec by which the Court of First Instance dismissed an action for annulment brought by the proprietor of the Community and international word marks ‘PROVISC’ and ‘DUOVISC’ for goods in Class 5 against Decision R 660/2006-2 of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 8 February 2005 annulling the decision of the Opposition Division which refused registration of the word mark ‘BioVisc’ for goods in Class 5 in the context of the opposition filed by the applicant
   
      Operative part of the order
   
   
               1.
            
            
               The appeal is dismissed.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Alcon Inc. is ordered to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 19, 24.1.2009.