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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions >> AMERICAN COLLEGE IN LONDON (Trade Mark: Opposition) [2002] UKIntelP o12902 (19 March 2002) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2002/o12902.html Cite as: [2002] UKIntelP o12902 |
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Result
Section 5(2)(b): - Opposition failed.
Points Of Interest
Summary
This was the latest clash between the parties and the Hearing Officer began by giving a brief account of the other actions and the salient features of the various findings (see, eg BL O/429/01 and BL O/430/01). Whilst it was not clear which of their marks the opponents relied on for the purposes of Section 5(2)(b), the Hearing Officer selected RICHMOND COLLEGE, THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN LONDON, as that mark incorporated all the elements of the mark in suit.
Comparing those marks, the Hearing Officer concluded (as in the other proceedings) that the presence of the dominant feature (RICHMOND) in one of the marks made confusion unlikely. The Section 5(2)(b) opposition failed accordingly.
