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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions >> WW WESTWOOD (Trade Mark: Opposition) [2002] UKIntelP o13302 (22 March 2002) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2002/o13302.html Cite as: [2002] UKIntelP o13302 |
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Result
Section 3(6): - Opposition failed.
Section 5(2)(b): - Opposition partially successful.
Section 5(4)(a): - Opposition failed.
Points Of Interest
Summary
The opponents based their case on their CTM registration VIVIENNE WESTWOOD and orb device, registered inter alia, in Class 25, in respect of clothing, footwear and headgear, the same goods as those in the applicants’ specification.
Under Section 5(2)(b) the Hearing Officer took into account, as a relevant factor, the applicants’ honest concurrent use and came to the view that there was no likelihood of confusion on the basis of the trade the applicants had established in their evidence, ie their trade in “children’s school clothing and children’s sports clothing.”
Under Section 5(4)(a) the Hearing Officer considered that the opponents had not substantiated their claim of goodwill in the name WESTWOOD alone, and had not pleaded that in their statement of grounds. If the opponents believed that a separate claim arose they should have pleaded that or sought an amendment. This ground failed.
Turning to the objection based on Section 3(6), the Hearing Officer noted that the statement of grounds gave no clue as to the nature of the objection. There was nothing in the evidence to support a case under that head, and the opposition under it failed accordingly. The application was permitted to proceed with the restricted specification indicated above.
In view of the partial success of both sides the Hearing Officer made no order as to costs.