CELEX: 62009TA0331
Language: en
Date: 2010-12-15 00:00:00
Title: Case T-331/09: Judgment of the General Court of 15 December 2010 — Novartis AG v OHIM — Sanochemia Pharmazeutika (TOLPOSAN) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark TOLPOSAN — Earlier international word mark TONOPAN — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

5.2.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 38/14
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 15 December 2010 — Novartis AG v OHIM — Sanochemia Pharmazeutika (TOLPOSAN)
   (Case T-331/09) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark TOLPOSAN - Earlier international word mark TONOPAN - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
   2011/C 38/24
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Novartis AG (Basle, Switzerland) (represented by: N. Hebeis, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: B. Schmidt, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Sanochemia Pharmazeutika AG (Vienna, Austria)
   
      Re:
   
   ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 June 2009 (Case R 1601/2007-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Novartis AG and Sanochemia Pharmazeutika AG
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Novartis AG to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 267, 7.11.2009.