The Complainant is, inter alia, a registered owner of the following trademark containing a word element "NOVARTIS”:
(i) NOVARTIS (word), India Trademark, priority date 28 February 1996, registration date 28 February 1996, trademark registration no. 700020, registered for goods in int. class 5;
(ii) NOVARTIS (word), International trademark, priority date 1 July 1996, registration date 1 July 1996, trademark registration no. 663765, registered for goods in int. classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 20, 22, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 40, 41;
(iii) NOVARTIS (word), International Trademark, priority date 31 October 1996, registration date 31 October 1996, trademark registration no. 666218, registered for goods in int. classes 41, 42;
(iv) NOVARTIS (word), International Trademark, priority date 28 April 2015, registration date 28 April 2015, trademark registration no. 1249666, registered for goods in int. classes 1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 16, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 40, 41, 42, 44;
besides other national, EU and International (WIPO) trademarks consisting of the "NOVARTIS" denomination.
(collectively referred to as "Complainant's trademarks").
The word element "NOVARTIS" is also a part of Complainant's registered company name NOVARTIS AG and various other companies affiliated with the Complainant.
The Complainant has also registered a number of domain names under generic Top-Level Domains ("gTLD") and country-code Top-Level Domains ("ccTLD") containing the term “NOVARTIS”, inter alia:
(i) novartis.com, registered on 2 April 1996;
(ii) novartis.net, registered on 25 April 1998.
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