Trade mark decision

BL Number
O/259/14
Decision date
9 June 2014
Appointed Person
Mr Geoffrey Hobbs KC
Mark
New York Fair & Lovely
Classes
03, 05

Grounds

  • Section 3(6) Bad Faith - No intention to use
  • Section 3(6) Bad Faith - Knowledge of opponent's use in the UK
  • Section 3(6) Bad Faith - Knowledge of opponent's mark outside the UK
  • Sections 5(1), 5(2) and 5(3) Earlier Trade Marks - Distinctive and dominant components
  • Sections 5(1), 5(2) and 5(3) Earlier Trade Marks - Treatment of descriptive / allusive elements
  • Section 5(4) Earlier Rights - Passing off (Issues arising from Registry proceedings)
  • Procedural Issues - Costs – litigants in person, actual, security for
  • Procedural Issues - Consolidation
  • Procedural Issues - Decisions in other jurisdictions
  • Procedural Issues - Pleadings, Strike out, Estoppel

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