Action brought on 23 January 2008 - Winzer Pharma v OHIM - Oftaltech (OFTASIL)

(Case T-30/08)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Dr. Robert Winzer Pharma GmbH (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: S. Schneller, Rechtsanwalt)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Oftaltech S.A. (L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain)

Forms of order sought

Annulment of the decision of the Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 October 2007 (R 599/2007-2) and the decision of the Opposition Division of OHIM of 19 February 2007 (B 925 554);

rejection of Community trade mark application No 4 229 274 'OFTASIL';

holding of oral proceedings;

an order that OHIM pays the costs of the proceedings;

in the alternative, a referral of the case back to OHIM.

Pleas in law and main arguments

Applicant for a Community trade mark: Oftaltech S.A.

Community trade mark concerned: the figurative trade mark 'OFTASIL' for goods in Class 5 (application No 4 229 274)

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: the applicant

Mark or sign cited in opposition: the word mark 'Ophtal' for goods in Classes 5 and 10 (Community trade mark No 489 948), the word mark 'Ophtal' for goods in Class 5 (German trade mark No 800 702) and the word mark 'OPHTAN' for goods in Classes 5, 29 and 30 (German trade mark No 303 349 033)

Decision of the Opposition Division: Rejected the opposition

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissed the appeal

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) 40/94¹ and of the principles to be applied under this provision to examine whether there is a likelihood of confusion

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¹ - Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark (OJ 1994 L 11, p. 1).