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GODDESS (Trade Mark: Opposition) [2007] UKIntelP o13107 (15 May 2007)
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Trade mark decision
- BL Number
- O/131/07
- Decision date
- 15 May 2007
- Hearing officer
- Mr G Salthouse
- Mark
- GODDESS
- Classes
- 03
- Applicants
- Nicholas Andrew Clarke & Lesley Anne Gale Clarke
- Opponents
- Goddess International Limited
- Opposition
- Section 5(4)(a)* (* Objections under Sections 3(1)(b) & 3(1)(c) were filed but later withdrawn)
Result
Section 5(4)(a): Opposition failed.
Points Of Interest
- Comparison of goods: beauty products v products sold in association with electrical beauty equipment.
Summary
The opposition was based on the opponents’ use of the mark GODDESS 2000 in connection with electrical beauty equipment and various accessory products for use with that equipment (gels, creams etc).
The Hearing Officer concluded that “Given the differences between the terms “Goddess” and “Goddess 2000” and also the differences between the goods of the two parties “he did not accept that misrepresentation would occur. The opposition failed, therefore.