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CIS PERSONAL POSSESSIONS (Trade Mark: Opposition) [2005] UKIntelP o04905 (28 February 2005)
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Trade mark decision
- BL Number
- O/049/05
- Decision date
- 28 February 2005
- Hearing officer
- Mr J MacGillivray
- Mark
- CIS PERSONAL POSSESSIONS
- Classes
- 06, 09, 19, 20, 35, 36, 37
- Applicant
- Co-Operative Insurance Society Limited
- Opponent
- CISA S.p.A.
- Opposition
- Sections 5(2)(b) & 5(4)(a)
Result
Section 5(2)(b): - Opposition partially successful.
Section 5(4)(a): - Opposition failed.
Points Of Interest
- Comparison of the marks CISA & device v CIS PERSONAL POSSESSIONS.
Summary
This was one of five closely related actions (four oppositions and one invalidation) involving the same parties and brought on the same grounds. All four oppositions were directed solely at the applications in Classes 6 and 9. In each case the opponent cites the same registration as the basis for the Section 5(2)(b) objection.
The Hearing Officer’s assessment and findings were the same, mutatis mutandis, as those set out in BL O/07/05, q.v.