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EQUINOX (Trade Mark: Invalidity) [2007] UKIntelP o33707 (13 November 2007)
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Trade mark decision
- BL Number
- O/337/07
- Decision date
- 13 November 2007
- Hearing officer
- Mr D Landau
- Mark
- EQUINOX
- Classes
- 16, 41
- Registered Proprietor
- Equinox Publishing (Asia) Pte Ltd
- Applicants for declaration of Invalidity
- Equinox Publishing Limited
- Application for Invalidation
- Section 47(1) (citing Section 45(2)(b))
Result
Application for invalidation, Section 47(1) (citing Section 5(2)(b)) successful for the most part.
Points Of Interest
- Comparison of the goods/services.
Summary
The application was based on the applicant’s CTM, EQUINOXE VIAGGI, registered in Classes 35, 39, 41& 43. The Hearing Officer found the marks to be ‘highly similar’ and proceeded to a comparison of the goods/services. Some of these he found to be identical or similar and the application succeeded in respect of these.