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G2BTRADE (Trade Mark: Opposition) [2003] UKIntelP o34003 (7 November 2003)

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Trade mark decision

BL Number
O/340/03
Decision date
7 November 2003
Hearing officer
Mr M Foley
Mark
G2BTRADE
Classes
09, 16, 28, 35, 41, 42
Applicant
The Secretary of State for Defence (UK)
Opponent
Bloomberg L.P.
Opposition
Section 5(2)(b)*(*the opposition as filed cited Section 5(4)(a) also, but this was withdrawn in view of the failure to provide evidence as specified in Rule 13(7)).

Result

Section 5(2)(b): - Opposition failed.

Points Of Interest

  • 1. "A trade in securities is a trade in the obligations, and not in whatever is given by way of security itself".

Summary

The opposition was based on the mark B-TRADE, registered in respect of "financial services, namely, providing a securities trading system."

The Hearing Officer having compared the marks and the goods/services, (which he found to be not similar), concluded that there was no likelihood of confusion.


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