B9 9829. Gerecht EU, 22 juni 2011, zaak T-76/09, Mundipharma tegen OHIM / Asociación Farmaceuticos Mundi
Merkenrecht. Oppositie o.g.v. gemeenschapsmerk "mundi pharma" tegen de aanvraag tot inschrijving van het beeldmerk FARMA MUNDI FARMACEUTICOS MUNDI (geneesmiddelen). Het Gerecht bevestigt de gedeeltelijke afwijzing van de oppositie, aangezien niet alle door de betrokken merken aangeduide waren en/of diensten soortgelijk zijn.
27. The applicant submits, however, that the goods and services in question are complementary. (…)
29. However, even where the goods in Class 5 covered by the earlier trade mark [pharmaceutical and veterinary preparations] and the ‘storage, distribution, delivery and packaging of pharmaceutical, sanitary and dietetic preparations’ services in Class 39 covered by the trade mark applied for show some kind of connection between them, in particular in so far as the manufacture and sale of those goods may also involve their storage, delivery, distribution and packaging, that fact is not sufficient for them to be considered complementary in the present case.
30. (…) . By definition, goods and services intended for different publics cannot be complementary (see, to that effect, easyHotel, paragraphs 57 and 58).
31. Consequently, the Board of Appeal was correct to hold that the services in Class 39 and the goods in Class 5 were not similar.
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