Trade mark decision
- BL Number
- O/397/03
- Decision date
- 22 December 2003
- Hearing Officer
- Mr M Reynolds
- Mark
- BLACKJACK
- Classes
- 24
- Registered Proprietor
- Majestic Towels Limited
- Applicants for a declaration of invalidity
- Crowncom Limited
- Application for Invalidation
- Section 47(1) (citing Sections 3(1)(a); 3(1)(b) & 3(1)(d))
Result
Application for invalidation, Section 47(1) - Failed
Points Of Interest
- 1. None
Summary
At the outset the Hearing Officer noted the difficulty faced by the applicants in, on the one hand claiming in their evidence to be proprietors of the mark BLACKJACK, and on the other alleging that it is a generic term. However, as proprietorship had not been claimed in the pleadings he was unable to consider that aspect of the matter.
Turning to the actual allegations pleaded however, the Hearing Officer, after a careful examination of the evidence, could not find that the applicants had made their case. The evidence was in certain key respects deficient in form and inconclusive in terms of establishing what it set out to achieve.
The application failed accordingly.
Full decision O/397/03 
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