Trade mark decision

BL Number

O/479/01

Decision date

2 November 2001

Hearing Officer

Mr M Foley

Mark

FLASHPOINT

Classes

09

Registered Proprietor

Flashpoint International Limited

Applicants for Revocation

Flashpoint Technology Limited

Application for Costs in Revocation Proceedings

Result

Costs awarded from the scale

Points Of Interest

• Costs from the Registrar’s scale

Summary

An application for revocation of the registration was withdrawn; the registered proprietor subsequently applied for actual costs, to the amount of £32,000 plus. The Registrar awarded costs from the scale in the sum of £735. The Hearing Officer had found that he could not see that the circumstances of the case were exceptional nor had the applicants’ conduct been vexatious or an abuse of process.

Full decision O/479/01 25Kb