Micron vs Mycrox
By Edy Guadalupe Portal, Portal & Asociados
The Swiss company Alcon, Inc. (now Novartis AG), filed an application to register MICRON for ophthalmic pharmaceutical preparations in Class 05. The National Bureau of Registries revoked the denial of registration by the Intellectual Property Department because of the mark´s similarity to the previously registered mark MYCROX by the Dutch company Fisons B.V. for products in the same class