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REVERIES (Trade Mark: Opposition) [2003] UKIntelP o07703 (29 January 2003)

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Trade mark decision

BL Number
O/077/03
Decision date
29 January 2003
Hearing officer
Professor Ruth Annand
Mark
REVERIES
Classes
30
Applicant
Kraft Foods Schweiz Holding AG
Opponent
Mars UK Limited
Opposition
Section 5(2)(b)

Result

Section 5(2)(b): - Appeal dismissed.

Points Of Interest

Summary

This was an appeal from the Hearing Officer's decision of 29 August 2002 (BL O/360/02) in which he found that the owners of REVELS failed in their opposition to the mark in suit.

The basis of the appeal was that the Hearing Officer did not take full account of the fact that identical goods were at issue; that the opponents' mark had a high distinctive character and that his comparison of the respective marks was flawed. The Appointed Person considered that the Hearing Officer had taken full account of the first two grounds and went on to consider the third in some detail, in particular the visual comparison of the respective marks. Having considered the matter carefully, the Appointed Person decided that the Hearing Officer had not made an error in principle and that she should not interfere with the decision. Appeal dismissed.


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