Trade mark decision
- BL Number
- O/340/03
- Decision date
- 7 November 2003
- Hearing Officer
- Mr M Foley
- Mark
- G2BTRADE
- Classes
- 09, 16, 28, 35, 41, 42
- Applicant
- The Secretary of State for Defence (UK)
- Opponent
- Bloomberg L.P.
- Opposition
- Section 5(2)(b)*(*the opposition as filed cited Section 5(4)(a) also, but this was withdrawn in view of the failure to provide evidence as specified in Rule 13(7)).
Result
Section 5(2)(b): - Opposition failed.
Points Of Interest
- 1. "A trade in securities is a trade in the obligations, and not in whatever is given by way of security itself".
Summary
The opposition was based on the mark B-TRADE, registered in respect of "financial services, namely, providing a securities trading system."
The Hearing Officer having compared the marks and the goods/services, (which he found to be not similar), concluded that there was no likelihood of confusion.
Full decision O/340/03 
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