Trade mark decision

BL Number

O/474/02

Decision date

22 November 2002

Hearing Officer

Mr D Landau

Mark

EASYROOMS THE EASIER WAY TO BOOK A ROOM

Classes

36, 38, 39, 42

Registered Proprietor

Easyrooms Limited

Applicants for Declaration of Invalidity

EasyGroup IP Licensing Limited

Application for Invalidation

Sections 47 (2)(a); (5(2)(b), 5(3) & 5(4)(a))

Result

Application for invalidation Section 47(2) failed.

Points Of Interest

• 1. Family of marks.
• 2. 'State of the register' evidence.

Summary

This was one of two closely related actions (the other being an opposition) concerning the same parties and substantially the same issues (see BL O/473/02). The Hearing Officer’s reasoning and findings were very much the same, mutatis mutandis, as in the related case, save that in this case there was no registration or application of EASYHOTEL extant at the relevant date and hence the application failed on all grounds.

Full decision O/474/02 878Kb