26.1.2015 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 26/25 |
Judgment of the General Court of 2 December 2014 — Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma v OHIM — Nepentes Pharma (Momarid)
(Case T-75/13) (1)
((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark Momarid - Earlier Community word mark LONARID - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Relevant public - Obligation to state reasons - Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009))
(2015/C 026/30)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG (Ingelheim, Germany) (represented initially by: V. von Bomhard and D. Slopek, and subsequently by V. von Bomhard, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: L. Rampini, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Nepentes Pharma sp. z o.o. (Warsaw, Poland) (represented by: C. Bercial Arias, K. Dimidjian-Lecompte and C. Casalonga, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 28 November 2012 (Case R 2292/2011-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG and Nepentes S.A.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. |
Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 28 November 2012 (Case R 2292/2011-4) as regards ‘chemicals for pharmaceutical use’; |
2. |
Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |
3. |
Orders each party to bear its own costs. |