Trade mark decision

BL Number

O/500/02

Decision date

10 December 2002

Hearing Officer

Mr M Foley

Mark

GOLDFISCHLI

Classes

30

Applicant

Intersnack Knabber-Gebäck GmbH & Co KG

Opponent

Kambly SA Spécialitiés De Biscuits Suisses

Opposition

Trade Marks Act 1938 (as amended):- Sections 17(1), 68(1), 17(2) & 11

Result

Opposition failed on all grounds.

Points Of Interest

• 1. Community Law : Article 81 of the Treaty : restrictive licensing agreement.

Summary

This was one of two closely related cases. In this case no issue of copyright arose, but otherwise the Hearing Officer’s reasoning and findings were the same, mutatis mutandis, as in the other case, BL O/499/02, q.v.

Full decision O/500/02 56Kb