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Case T-222/09: Judgment of the General Court of 9 February 2011 — Ineos Healthcare v OHIM — Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (ALPHAREN) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark ALPHAREN — Earlier national word marks ALPHA D3 — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Examination of the facts of its own motion — Article 74 of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 76 of Regulation No 207/2009))

IO C 89, 19.3.2011, p. 16–16 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

19.3.2011   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 89/16


Judgment of the General Court of 9 February 2011 — Ineos Healthcare v OHIM — Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (ALPHAREN)

(Case T-222/09) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark ALPHAREN - Earlier national word marks ALPHA D3 - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - Examination of the facts of its own motion - Article 74 of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 76 of Regulation No 207/2009))

2011/C 89/37

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Ineos Healthcare Ltd (Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister, and A. Smith, Solicitor)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (Jerusalem, Israel)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 24 March 2009 (Case R 1897/2007-2), concerning opposition proceedings between Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and Ineos Healthcare Ltd

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 24 March 2009 (Case R 1897/2007-2) as regards the goods in the following categories: ‘Pharmaceutical and veterinary preparations containing magnesium iron hydroxy carbonate or hydrotalcite or derivatives of these compounds’, ‘Phosphate binders for use in the treatment of hyperphosphataemia’;

2.

Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

3.

Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay half of the costs incurred by Ineos Healthcare Ltd;

4.

Orders Ineos Healthcare to bear half of its own costs.


(1)  OJ C 180, 1.8.2009.


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