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THE RENNIE MACKINTOSH COLLECTION (Trade Mark: Opposition) [2000] UKIntelP o14400 (27 April 2000)
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Trade mark decision
- BL Number
- O/144/00
- Decision date
- 27 April 2000
- Hearing officer
- Mr M Foley
- Mark
- THE RENNIE MACKINTOSH COLLECTION
- Classes
- 14, 20
- Applicant
- Carrick Jewellery Ltd
- Opponents
- Chateau Watches Ltd & George Panton & Son Ltd
- Opposition
- Sections 5(1)(a), (b), (c) & (d); Sections 3(3)(a) & (b), and Sections 5(4)(a) & (b)
Result
Sections 3(1)(b) & (c) - Opposition successful
Sections 3(1)(a) & (d) - Opposition failed
Sections 3(3)(a) & (b) - Opposition failed
Sections 5(4)(a) & (b) Opposition failed
Points Of Interest
Summary
The opposition succeeded under Sections 3(1)(b) and (c), the Hearing Officer's reasoning corresponding, so far as the words RENNIE MACKINTOSH in the mark were concerned, with that set forth in respect of a co-pending application (SRIS O/143/00), involving the same parties and the same evidence, though he further found that the additional words failed to make the mark as a whole any more distinctive. Opposition failed on all other grounds, again for the reasons set forth in O/143/00.