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AAA (Trade Mark: Opposition) [2005] UKIntelP o05705 (4 March 2005)
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Trade mark decision
- BL Number
- O/057/05
- Decision date
- 4 March 2005
- Hearing officer
- Mr G Salthouse
- Mark
- AAA
- Classes
- 09, 16, 18, 25, 35, 38, 41, 45
- Applicant
- Triple A Multimedia Group Limited
- Opponent
- Triple A Group Limited
- Opposition
- Section 5(2)(b)
Result
Section 5(2)(b): - Opposition failed.
Points Of Interest
- 1. Comparison of the marks. TRIPLE A & device of letter As v device of letter A's.
- 2. Comparison of the services in Classes 35, 38 & 45; "offering business advice on employment is entirely different to running an employment agency".
Summary
The opposition was based on a registration of a device mark comprising three letter As. interlinked, in Class 35, and a registration of the words TRIPLE A, also in Class 35. Only the applicant's specification in Classes 35, 38 and 45 were opposed.
Having compared the marks, (which had some phonetic and conceptual similarities and, in the case of the device marks some visual similarity also), and the services, the Hearing Officer found no likelihood of confusion. The opposition failed accordingly.