Trade mark decision

BL Number
O/041/99
Decision date
3 February 1999
Hearing Officer
Mr G Salthouse
Mark
LIFESYSTEMS
Classes
01, 03, 05, 09, 11, 24
Applicants
Lifesystems Ltd
Opponents
Pifco Ltd
Opposition
Sections 3(1)(a); 5(1); 5(2)(a); 5(3)(a); 5(4)(a)

Result

Section 3(1)(a): - Opposition dismissed.

Section 3(1)(a): - Opposition dismissed.

Section 5(1): - Opposition failed.

Section 5(1): - Opposition failed.

Section 5(2): - Opposition failed.

Section 5(2): - Opposition failed.

Section 5(3): - Opposition failed.

Section 5(3): - Opposition failed.

Section 5(4): - Opposition failed.

Section 5(4): - Opposition failed.

Points Of Interest

  • 1. None

Summary

The opponents were proprietors of four registrations of LIFE SYSTEMS and two of LIFESTREAM. The opponents put forward no evidence in support of their Section 3 objection; this was therefore dismissed at the outset. Under Section 5(1), 5(2) and 5(3) the Hearing Officer found, variously, that either the marks were the same but the goods not the same or similar, or the marks were not similar. He found no likelihood of confusion. Under Section 5(4)(a) the Hearing Officer found that the opponents had not made a case under the passing-off criteria.

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