CELEX: 62008TA0412
Language: en
Date: 2009-12-15 00:00:00
Title: Case T-412/08: Judgment of the General Court of 15 December 2009 — Trubion Pharmaceuticals v OHIM — Merck (TRUBION) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark TRUBION — Earlier Community figurative mark TriBion Harmonis — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

13.2.2010   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 37/35
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 15 December 2009 — Trubion Pharmaceuticals v OHIM — Merck (TRUBION)
   (Case T-412/08) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark TRUBION - Earlier Community figurative mark TriBion Harmonis - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   2010/C 37/46
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Trubion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Seattle, Washington, United States) (represented by: C. Hertz-Eichenrode, 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 Court of First Instance: Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) (represented initially by M. Best and R. Freitag, and subsequently by M. Best and U. Pfleghar, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 July 2008 (Case R 1605/2007-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Trubion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Merck KGaA.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Trubion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 301, 22.11.2008.