Trade mark decision

BL Number
O/018/98
Decision date
9 January 1998
Hearing Officer
Mr D Morgan
Mark
THE ULTIMATE ANSWER 007 PERSONAL NUMBERS AGENCY
Classes
38
Applicant
Ultimate Answers Telecommunications Limited
Opponent
Vodafone Group Plc
Opposition
Section 3(6)

Result

Section 3(6) - Opposition successful.

Points Of Interest

  • None.

Summary

This application was filed on 2 November, 1995. In their evidence the opponents stated that the 07000 series of telephone numbers had been allocated to one of their subsidiary companies on 2 February 1995 for their exclusive use. The allocation was confirmed by OFTEL on 6 November 1995 and the service was launched in December 1995. The applicants neither filed a counterstatement nor a response to the opponents evidence.

The Hearing Officer accepted that the opponents wholly owned subsidiary were exclusive proprietors of the 07000 series of telephone numbers and that the applicants were not entitled to obtain registered rights in a mark incorporating the 07000 number. He therefore concluded that the applicants had made their application in bad faith and that the opponents were successful under Section 3(6).

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