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LAMBRINI (Trade Mark: Opposition) [2000] UKIntelP o42400 (21 November 2000)
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Trade mark decision
- BL Number
- O/424/00
- Decision date
- 21 November 2000
- Hearing officer
- Mr M Reynolds
- Mark
- LAMBRINI
- Classes
- 33
- Applicants
- Halewood International Ltd
- Opponents
- Gruppo Italiano Vini S.C.A.R.L
- Opposition
- Section 5(2)
Result
Section 5(2)(b) - Opposition succeeded
Points Of Interest
- None
Summary
The applicant’s application in Class 33 was in respect of "Perry" so there was direct conflict with the opponents who had a registration for the mark LAMBERTI for wines. The conflict under Section 5(2)(b) fell to be decided on a comparison of the respective marks. The opponents had only modest use of their mark in respect of grape wines. While the applicant’s mark included a label, the most prominent element was the word LAMBRINI and the Hearing Officer compared this word with the opponents mark LAMBERTI. The Hearing Officer concluded that both marks were invented; that the first four letters were common; that the letter ‘I’ termination might be seen as indicating Italian words and that visually the marks were very similar. He decided, therefore, that there was a likelihood of confusion.