Mouthon

The OHIM tendency to give prevalence to the intellectual aspect has been further observed in the case GENOPHARM vs./ HEMOFARM of October 18, 2007. Apart from the oral difference and the average visual similarity, the OHIM deemed that the suffixes FARM and PHARM were extremely weak. Whereas in biology GENO evokes the smallest unit of …

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On February 13 2007, contrary to the Board of Appeal of the OHIM, the CFI judged that, although professionals might perceive some conceptual differences between RESPICORT and RESPICUR in class 5, the relevant public, which also includes end consumers, is likely to confuse them phonetically, visually and conceptually.