Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 September 2008 - Alcon v OHIM - *Acri.Tec (BioVisc)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark BioVisc - Earlier international word marks PROVISC and DUOVISC − Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Alcon Inc. (Hünenberg, Switzerland) (represented by: M. Graf and R. Schulz, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented: initially by S. Laitinen, and subsequently by A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: *Acri.Tec AG Gesellschaft für ophthalmologische Produkte (Hennigsdorf, Germany) (represented by: M. von Welser, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 8 February 2007 (Case R 660/2006-2) concerning opposition proceedings between Alcon Inc. and *Acri.Tec AG Gesellschaft für ophthalmologische Produkte.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action.
Orders Alcon Inc. to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 129, 9.6.2007.