CELEX: 62016TA0049
Language: en
Date: 2017-04-06 00:00:00
Title: Case T-49/16: Judgment of the General Court of 6 April 2017 — Azanta v EUIPO — Novartis (NIMORAL) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark NIMORAL — Earlier EU word mark NEORAL — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

22.5.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 161/26
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 6 April 2017 — Azanta v EUIPO — Novartis (NIMORAL)
   (Case T-49/16) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark NIMORAL - Earlier EU word mark NEORAL - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   (2017/C 161/36)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Azanta A/S (Hellerup, Denmark) (represented by: M. Hoffgaard Rasmussen, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas, Agent)
   
      Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Novartis AG (Basel, Switzerland)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 1 December 2015 (Case R 634/2015-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Novartis and Azanta.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Azanta A/S to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 106, 21.3.2016.