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AUTONOMY AXE (Trade Mark: Invalidity) [2003] UKIntelP o23203 (14 August 2003)
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Trade mark decision
- BL Number
- O/232/03
- Decision date
- 14 August 2003
- Hearing officer
- Mr J MacGillivray
- Mark
- AUTONOMY AXE
- Classes
- 09, 38, 42
- Registered Proprietor
- Autonomy Corporation Plc
- Applicants for Declaration of Invalidity
- Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson
- Application for Invalidation
- Section 47(2)(a) (Section 5(2)(b))
Result
Application for invalidation, Section 47(2)(a) (Section 5(2)(b)) successful.
Points Of Interest
- 1. Comparison of the marks AXE v AUTONOMY AXE.
Summary
Decision BL O/231/03 qv dealt with an opposition to registration of AXE, an application specifying the same goods and services as specified in the registration in suit in this case. The Hearing Officer found in that case the goods/services to be identical or similar; the issue in this case came down, therefore, to a comparison of the marks, AXE v AUTONOMY AXE.
Having compared these and taken account of all relevant factors the Hearing Officer concluded that there existed a likelihood of confusion and the application for invalidation succeeded accordingly; the registration was deemed never to have been made, Section 47(6).