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SPREDIOL (Trade Mark: Opposition) [2001] UKIntelP o36101 (15 August 2001)
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Trade mark decision
- BL Number
- O/361/01
- Decision date
- 15 August 2001
- Hearing officer
- Mr G Salthouse
- Mark
- SPREDIOL
- Classes
- 05
- Applicant
- Biofarma S.A.
- Opponent
- Mundipharma AG
- Opposition
- Section 5(2)(b)
Result
Section 5(2)(b): - Opposition failed.
Points Of Interest
- Comparison of the marks SPREDIOL v SUPREDOL
Summary
The opposition was based on the opponents’ UK registrations of their mark SUPREDOL, in Class 5. Considering this matter under Section 5(2)(b) the Hearing Officer found the goods to be identical but considered that the ‘superficial similarities’ between the marks were "more than counterbalanced by the differences" and all factors considered there was no realistic likelihood of confusion. The opposition failed.