Court of Justice 26 October 2006, C-412/05 P (Alcon Inc. v European Union Intellectual Property Office.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. The present case concerns the question whether two trade marks in respect of medicinal products, the word mark TRAVATAN and the earlier Italian word mark TRIVASTAN, may be confused, which would mean that registration of TRAVATAN as a Community mark is not permissible.