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AMAZE COLLECTION (Trade Mark: Invalidity) [1999] UKIntelP o00799 (8 January 1999)
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AMAZE COLLECTION (Trade Mark: Invalidity) [1999] UKIntelP o00799 (8 January 1999)
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Trade mark decision
- BL Number
- O/007/99
- Decision date
- 8 January 1999
- Hearing officer
- Mr G Salthouse
- Mark
- AMAZE COLLECTION
- Classes
- 25
- Registered Proprietor
- Award Apparel Ltd
- Applicant
- Neils Christopher Wallis Williams
- Invalidity
- Section 47(2); mark registered in breach of Sections 5(2)(b), 5(3) and 5(4).
Result
Application for invalidation not based on earlier trade mark (as defined) therefore fails under Sections 5(2)(b) and 5(3).Case for invalidation not strong enough to succeed under Section 5(4).Section 47 application therefore fails in entirety.
Application for invalidation not based on earlier trade mark (as defined) therefore fails under Sections 5(2)(b) and 5(3).Case for invalidation not strong enough to succeed under Section 5(4).Section 47 application therefore fails in entirety.
Points Of Interest
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(i) earlier trade mark (Sections 5 and 6)
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(ii) passing off: WILD CHILD Trade Mark [1998] RPC 455 cited and applied
Summary
N.W. applied for declaration of invalidity by reason of earlier application for registration and prior use of mark Ama Zing. Held, however, that earlier application did not proceed to registration and was deemed abandoned at time of registered proprietors application; case under passing off not made.