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NIRALA (Trade Mark: Rectification) [2000] UKIntelP o01400 (28 January 2000)

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Trade mark decision

BL Number
O/014/00
Decision date
28 January 2000
Hearing officer
Mr M Reynolds
Mark
NIRALA
Classes
30
Registered proprietors
Five Star Traders (a partnership)
Applicants for revocation
Mr M S H Nasir & Mr I A Rana (trading as Nirala Sweets London)
Revocation
Sections 46(1)(a) and 46(1)(b)

Result

Application successful; registration revoked.

Points Of Interest

  • Findings on preliminary points relating to : locus, pleadings (introduction of proper reasons for non-use) and the onus on the registered proprietors of making opening submissions in revocation proceedings.

Summary

The registered proprietors' evidence showed "modest" user but included a number of anomalies not wholly or satisfactorily explained by any independent evidence. The ill-health of one of the partners in the business did not provide a proper reason for non-use. The Hearing Officer concluded that the mark should be revoked.


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