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ROY OF THE ROVERS (Trade Mark: Revocation) [2001] UKIntelP o21201 (30 April 2001)
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Trade mark decision
- BL Number
- O/212/01
- Decision date
- 30 April 2001
- Hearing officer
- Mr G Salthouse
- Mark
- ROY OF THE ROVERS
- Classes
- 09, 16
- Applicant
- Egmont Fonden
- Opponent
- D Jacobson & Sons Ltd
- Opposition
- Section 46(1)(b)
Result
Section 46(1)(b): - Application succeeded.
Points Of Interest
- None
Summary
The applicant contended that the mark in suit had not been used in the UK during the five year period ending 3 months before the date of filing of the application for revocation. At the hearing, the registered proprietor sought only to defend some of the specified goods (namely "protective clothing" in Class 9 and "Books, magazines, stationery and printed matter" in Class 16.
That defence relied on evidence of use, rather than proper reasons for non-use. In relation to protective clothing, the registered proprietors adduced evidence of sponsored use on football shirts, notably in a cartoon strip, but the Hearing Officer did not accept that as use on football shirts, and in any event he was not persuaded that football shirts constituted "protective clothing".
Moreover, evidence in relation to use in respect of the residual Class 16 goods (including "Father’s Day" Cards, an "autobiography" of the character named in the mark in suit, and certain magazines featuring the mark in cartoon strips) lacked the cogency needed to meet the onus of proof placed on the proprietor by Section 100. The application was therefore allowed, with (scale) costs.