Judgment of the General Court of 7 June 2012 - Mada Pharma v OHIM - Nycomed (ALLERNIL)
(Joined Cases T-492/09 and T-147/10)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - International registration designating the European Community - Word mark ALLERNIL - Application for Community word mark ALLERNIL - Earlier national word mark ALLERGODIL - Relative ground of refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Grounds - Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Mada Pharma GmbH & Co. KG (Bad Homburg von der Höhe, Germany) (represented by: G. Würtenberger and R. Kunze, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented initially by: B. Schmidt, then by D. Walicka and, finally by G. Schneider, Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Nycomed GmbH (Constance, Germany) (represented initially by: A. Ferchland, then by A. Ferchland and K. Trautmann, lawyers)
Re:
Two actions brought against two decisions of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 September 2009 (Cases R 1386/2007-4 and R 697/2007-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Meda Pharma GmbH & Co. KG and Nycomed GmbH.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the actions.
2. Orders Meda Pharma GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs incurred in Joined Cases T-492/09 and T-147/10.
____________1 - OJ C 37, 13.2.2010.