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COLOCALM (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1999] UKIntelP o04099 (3 February 1999)
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Trade mark decision
- BL Number
- O/040/99
- Decision date
- 3 February 1999
- Hearing officer
- Mr G Salthouse
- Mark
- COLOCALM
- Classes
- 05
- Applicant
- Johnson & Johnson
- Opponent
- Solvay Duphar BV
- Opposition
- Sections 5(2)(b) & 5(4)
Result
Section 5(2)(b) - Opposition failed
Section 5(2)(b) - Opposition failed
Section 5(4) - No finding
Section 5(4) - No finding
Points Of Interest
- Comparison of the mark COLOCALM v COLOFAC
Summary
The opponents based their opposition on their own mark COLOFAC, registered in Class 5. The Hearing Officer considered the rival goods to be identical. The matter therefore came down to a comparison of the marks COLOFAC v COLOCALM, and in this the Hearing Officer found no likelihood of confusion. The Hearing Officer made no finding under Section 5(4).