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THE RENNIE MACKINTOSH COLLECTION (Trade Mark: Opposition) [2000] UKIntelP o14600 (27 April 2000)
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Trade mark decision
- BL Number
- O/146/00
- Decision date
- 27 April 2000
- Hearing officer
- Mr M Foley
- Mark
- THE RENNIE MACKINTOSH COLLECTION
- Classes
- 14, 20
- Applicant
- Carrick Jewellery Ltd
- Opponent
- Sea Gems Ltd
- Opposition
- Sections 3(1)(a), (b), (c) & (d); Section 3(3)(b), Section 3(6) and Sections 5(4)(a) & (b)
Result
Section 3(1)(b) & (c) - Opposition succeeded
Section 3(1)(a) & (d) - Opposition failed
Section 3(3)(b) - Opposition failed
Section 3(6) Opposition failed
Section 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. The opposition failed on all other grounds, again for the reasons set forth in O/143/00 and in O/145/00 (the latter re: Section 3(6)).