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AMERICAN GOLF DISCOUNT (Trade Mark: Opposition) [2001] UKIntelP o19601 (26 April 2001)
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Trade mark decision
- BL Number
- O/196/01
- Decision date
- 26 April 2001
- Hearing officer
- Mr M Reynolds
- Mark
- AMERICAN GOLF DISCOUNT
- Classes
- 12, 25, 28
- Applicant
- American Golf Discount Centre Limited
- Opponent
- American Golf Corporation
- Opposition
- Sections 3(3)(b); 3(6); 5(2)(b); 5(3); 5(4)
Result
Section 3(3)(b) - Opposition failed
Section 3(6) - Opposition failed
Section 5(2)(b) - Opposition successful
Section 5(3) - Opposition successful
Section 5(4) - Opposition successful
Points Of Interest
- 1. Amendment of pleadings
- 2. Honest concurrent use
- 3. Geographical indications
Summary
[This was one of three closely related oppositions involving the same parties and heard on the same day - see BL O/195/01 and BL O/197/01.] The reasoning and outcome in this case was applied, mutatis mutandis, in BL O/195/01, although the marks differ to some extent [the geographical element was much stronger in this case].