Trade mark decision

BL Number

O/049/05

Decision date

28 February 2005

Hearing Officer

Mr J MacGillivray

Mark

CIS PERSONAL POSSESSIONS

Classes

06, 09, 19, 20, 35, 36, 37

Applicant

Co-Operative Insurance Society Limited

Opponent

CISA S.p.A.

Opposition

Sections 5(2)(b) & 5(4)(a)

Result

Section 5(2)(b): - Opposition partially successful.

Section 5(4)(a): - Opposition failed.

Points Of Interest

• Comparison of the marks CISA & device v CIS PERSONAL POSSESSIONS.

Summary

This was one of five closely related actions (four oppositions and one invalidation) involving the same parties and brought on the same grounds. All four oppositions were directed solely at the applications in Classes 6 and 9. In each case the opponent cites the same registration as the basis for the Section 5(2)(b) objection.

The Hearing Officer’s assessment and findings were the same, mutatis mutandis, as those set out in BL O/07/05, q.v.

Full decision O/049/05 66Kb