Trade mark decision
- BL Number
- O/397/01
- Decision date
- 12 September 2001
- Hearing Officer
- Mr A James
- Mark
- LABEL ROUGE
- Classes
- 29
- Registered Proprietor
- Bernard Matthews Plc
- Applicants for Invalidation
- Etat Francais representee par la Ministere de L'Agriculture de la Foret
- Application for declaration of invalidity
- Sections 47(Sections 3(6) & 5(4)(a))
Result
Section 47 - Application for invalidation failed.
Points Of Interest
- Quality of evidence required in passing off; reference to unreported case South Cone Inc v Jack Bessant etc : 16 May 2001 : Pumfrey J
Summary
The applicants claimed that LABEL ROUGE was an official quality mark of the French Ministry of Agriculture. The Hearing Officer, however, found that the evidence provided by the applicants had failed to establish that there existed an actionable goodwill under the mark in the UK at the relevant date. The application under Section 5(4)(a) failed accordingly. Neither could he find the evidence sufficient to support the allegation of bad faith under Section 3(6).
Full decision O/397/01 25Kb