IPO The opposition was based on the opponents’ mark HELIS, registered in respect of what was agreed were identical goods.
The matter therefore came down to a comparison of the marks. These the Hearing Officer found to be ‘highly similar and, from on aural point of view, all but indistinguishable’.
The opposition under Section 5(2)(b) succeeded accordingly.
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[2006] UKIntelP o28106
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Updated: 14 October 2022; Ref: scu.454870