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CIS CONTENTS (Trade Mark: Opposition) [2005] UKIntelP o05005 (28 February 2005)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2005/o05005.html
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CIS CONTENTS (Trade Mark: Opposition) [2005] UKIntelP o05005 (28 February 2005)
For the whole decision click here: o05005
Trade mark decision
- BL Number
- O/050/05
- Decision date
- 28 February 2005
- Hearing officer
- Mr J MacGillivray
- Mark
- CIS CONTENTS
- 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
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Comparison of the marks CISA & device v CIS CONTENTS.
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 & 9. In each case the opponent cites the same registration as the basis for the Sections 5(2)(b) objection.
The Hearing Officer’s assessment and findings were the same, mutatis mutandis, as those set out in BL O/047/05,q.v.