Trade mark decision
- BL Number
- O/025/01
- Decision date
- 16 January 2001
- Hearing Officer
- Mr M Reynolds
- Mark
- SQUABBLE
- Classes
- 28
- Applicant
- David Austen
- Opponent
- W Spear & Sons Plc
- Opposition
- Sections 3(1); 3(6); 5(2)(b) 5(3) and 5(4)(a)
Result
Section 3 - Opposition dismissed.
Section 5(2)(b) - Opposition failed.
Section 5(3) - Opposition failed.
Section 5(4)(a) - Opposition failed.
Points Of Interest
- None
Summary
The opposition was founded in the opponents' registrations and use of the mark SCRABBLE. The opponents' case under Section 3 was insufficiently particularised and dismissed at the outset. Under Section 5(2)(b) the Hearing Officer found that the opponents had not made out their case of a likelihood of confusion. This effectively decided the matter under Section 5(3); and the case under Section 5(4)(a) had not been made out.
Full decision O/025/01 34Kb