Court of First Instance of the European Communities
Case Law No.T-27/08
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Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark FAMOXIN - Earlier national word marks LANOXIN - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - Proof of use - Article 56(2) and (3) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 57(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009)

Reglamento (CE) nº 40/94 del Consejo, de 20 de diciembre de 1993, sobre la marca comunitaria de 20 de diciembre de 1993, sobre la marca comunitaria
Judgments nº T-27/08 of Court of First Instance of the European Communities, of September 23, 2009
In Cases T-493/07, T-26/08 and T-27/08,
GlaxoSmithKline SpA, established in Verona (Italy), Laboratórios Wellcome de Portugal, L da , established in Algés (Portugal), The Wellcome Foundation Ltd, established in Greenford, Middlesex (United Kingdom), represented by R. Gilbey, lawyer, applicants, v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM), represented by A. Folliard-Monguiral and D. Botis, acting as Agents, defendant, the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM being Serono Genetics Institute SA, established in Évry (France), THREE ACTIONS brought against the decisions of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 September 2007 (Case R 8/2007-1), of 20 November 2007 (Case R 10/2007-1) and of 19 November 2007 (Case R 9/2007-1), concerning cancellation proceedings between on the one hand, GlaxoSmithKline SpA, Laboratórios Wellcome de Portugal L da and The Wellcome Foundation Ltd and, on the other, Serono Genetics Institute SA, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (Seventh Chamber), composed of N.J. Forwood, President, D. -váby (Rapporteur) and E. Moavero Milanesi, Judges, Registrar: K. Poche-, Administrator, having regard to the applications lodged at the Court Registry on 28 December 2007 (Case T-493/07) and 21 January 2008 (Cases T-26/08 and T-27/08), having regard to the responses lodged at the Court Registry on 11 April 2008 (Case T-493/07) and 16 May 2008 (Cases T-26/08 and T-27/08), having regard to the Order of the President of the Seventh Chamber of the Court of First Instance of 18 July 2008, joining the present cases for the purposes of the oral procedure, in accordance with Article 50 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance,...
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