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EASY RIDERS (Trade Mark: Invalidity) [2001] UKIntelP o51001 (13 November 2001)
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Trade mark decision
- BL Number
- O/510/01
- Decision date
- 13 November 2001
- Hearing officer
- Mr M Knight
- Mark
- EASY RIDERS
- Classes
- 25
- Registered Proprietor
- Paisano Publications Inc
- Applicants for Declaration of Invalidity
- The H.D. Lee Company Inc
- Application for Invalidation
- Section 47(2)
Result
Section 47(2) - Application for declaration of invalidity failed
Points Of Interest
- 1. Comparison of the marks EASYRIDERS v LEE RIDERS
Summary
The applicants alleged that the existence of an earlier mark, LEE RIDERS, had meant that the mark in suit was registered contrary to Section 5(2). The Hearing Officer however, concluded from the differences between the marks, that there was no likelihood of confusion. The application failed accordingly. The same parties and the same marks were involved in (i) an opposition under the Trade Marks Act 1938 (BL O/509/01) and (ii) an application for revocation (BL O/511/01).