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Cite as: [1998] UKIntelP o1898, [1998] UKIntelP o01898
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THE ULTIMATE ANSWER 007 PERSONAL NUMBERS AGENCY (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o01898 (9 January 1998)
For the whole decision click here: o01898
Trade mark decision
- BL Number
- O/018/98
- Decision date
- 9 January 1998
- Hearing officer
- Mr D Morgan
- Mark
- THE ULTIMATE ANSWER 007 PERSONAL NUMBERS AGENCY
- Classes
- 38
- Applicant
- Ultimate Answers Telecommunications Limited
- Opponent
- Vodafone Group Plc
- Opposition
- Section 3(6)
Result
Section 3(6) - Opposition successful.
Points Of Interest
- None.
Summary
This application was filed on 2 November, 1995. In their evidence the opponents stated that the 07000 series of telephone numbers had been allocated to one of their subsidiary companies on 2 February 1995 for their exclusive use. The allocation was confirmed by OFTEL on 6 November 1995 and the service was launched in December 1995. The applicants neither filed a counterstatement nor a response to the opponents evidence.
The Hearing Officer accepted that the opponents wholly owned subsidiary were exclusive proprietors of the 07000 series of telephone numbers and that the applicants were not entitled to obtain registered rights in a mark incorporating the 07000 number. He therefore concluded that the applicants had made their application in bad faith and that the opponents were successful under Section 3(6).