Trade mark decision

BL Number
O/221/07
Decision date
3 August 2007
Hearing Officer
Mr M Foley
Mark
DEVICE OF A TICK
Classes
25
Applicants
Road Clothing Limited
Opponents
Road Clothing Limited
Opposition
Section 5(2)(b)

Result

Section 5(2)(b): Opposition failed.

Points Of Interest

  • Comparison of the marks; solid black tick v parallel lines of stitching in the form of a tick.

Summary

The opposition was based on registrations of a ‘tick’ device, registered in Class 25 (inter alia). The goods were identical; the matter therefore turned on a comparison of the marks. In the result, the Hearing Officer found no likelihood of confusion. The differences between the marks (one comprising two parallel lines of stitching in the form of a tick, the other a solid black line in the form of a tick) decided the matter.

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