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BO - BO's (Trade Mark: Invalidity) [2002] UKIntelP o34702 (20 August 2002)
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Trade mark decision
- BL Number
- O/347/02
- Decision date
- 20 August 2002
- Hearing officer
- Dr W J Trott
- Mark
- BO - BO's
- Classes
- 24
- Registered Proprietor
- Zorbit Babycare Limited
- Applicant for Declaration of Invalidity
- Personality Quilts Limited
- Application for Invalidation
- Section 47(2)(a) (Section 5(2)(b))
Result
Application for invalidation, Section 47(2)(a) (citing Section 5(2)(b)) failed.
Points Of Interest
- 1. Comparison of the mark BEEBO(s) v Bo Bo's.
- 2. Survey evidence.
Summary
The applicants for invalidation cited their own registration, BEEBO. The Hearing Officer, after discounting survey evidence as being "of little evidential value", decided that there was little likelihood of confusion, despite the fact that identical goods were involved. The application for invalidation failed accordingly.