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		Intellectual Property - From: 1998 To: 1998 This page lists 934 cases, and was prepared on 08 August 2015. Â CMI Centres for Medical Innovation, Dr Christoph von Keudel [1998] EWHC PAT 308 1998 Pat Laddie J Intellectual Property Dishonesty in breach of confidence. Â Avnet -v- Isoact [1998] FSR 16 1998 ChD Jacob J Intellectual Property The claimant sold its goods via the internet. Part of the trade was to sell advertising space on its web pages. The claimant had registered the mark 'avnet' for advertising and promotional services. The defendant was an ISP providing internet services, particularly to the aviation industry, which included allowing advertising on its web pages. Held: The parties were in different areas of trade, and there was no infringement. The court considered the general principles as to the construction of a specification of services in a trade mark registration: "specifications for services should be scrutinised carefully and they should not be given a wide construction covering a vast range of activities. They should be confined to the substance, as it were, the core of the possible meanings attributable to the rather general phrase." 1 Citers Â Cable & Wireless plc -v- British Telecommunications plc [1998] FSR 383 1998 ChD Jacob J Intellectual Property The court set out the applicable legal principles in trade mark infringement. The court considered the elements necessary to establish a defence under s10(6): The primary objective of section 10(6) of the 1996 Act is to permit comparative advertising . . As long as the use of a competitor's mark is honest, there is nothing wrong in telling the public of the relative merits of competing goods or services and using registered trade marks to identify them . . The onus is on the registered proprietor to show that the factors indicated in the proviso to section 10(6) exist . . There will be no trade mark infringement unless the use of the registered mark is not in accordance with honest practices . . The test is objective: would a reasonable reader be likely to say, upon being given the full facts, that the advertisement is not honest? . . Statutory or industry agreed codes of conduct are not a helpful guide as whether an advertisement is honest for the purposes of section 10(6). Honesty has to be gauged against what is reasonably to be expected by the relevant public of advertisements for the goods or services in issue . . It should be borne in mind that the general public are used to the ways of advertisers and expect hyperbole . . The 1994 Act does not impose on the courts an obligation to try and enforce through the back door of trade mark legislation a more puritanical standard than the general public would expect from advertising copy . . An advertisement which is significantly misleading is not honest for the purposes of section 10(6). . I venture with diffidence to make a number of additional observations. The advertisement must be considered as a whole . . As a purpose of the 1994 Act is positively to permit comparative advertising, the court should not hold words used in the advertisement to be seriously misleading for interlocutory purposes unless on a fair reading of them in their context and against the background of the advertisement as a whole they can really be said to justify that description; A minute textual examination is not something upon which the reasonable reader of an advertisement would embark; The court should therefore not encourage a microscopic approach to the construction of a comparative advertisement on a motion for interlocutory relief." Trade Marks Act 1994 10(6) 1 Cites 1 Citers Â Coogi Australia Pty Ltd -v- Hysport International Pty Ltd [1998] FCA 10; (1998) 41 IPR 593 1998 Drummond J Intellectual Property, Commonwealth (Federal Court of Australia) What makes up the copyright work is in any given case is not governed by what the claimant alleging copyright infringement chooses to say that it is. It is rather a matter for objective determination by the court. Asutlii "COPYRIGHT - copyright subsists in an entire work, not in a part or element of a work - copyright in fabric as a "work of artistic craftsmanship" found to exist in the appearance created by the combination of the stitch structure and selection of yarn colours - allegation of infringement of copyright by the taking of a substantial part of the stitch structure - allegation not proved because of copyright owner's failure to identify the subject matter of its copyright and consequent failure to show that what was taken was a substantial part of that subject matter. COPYRIGHT - "work of artistic craftsmanship" - what constitutes such a work - copyright held to exist in the first item in a line of mass-produced items - Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), s 10. COPYRIGHT - computer program - whether program used in a computerised knitting machine to knit fabric to a particular pattern a "computer program" within the Act - infringement of copyright in a computer program by unauthorised adaptation - infringement not established unless infringer has access to and makes use of the copyright program in developing its own program - no infringement of copyright in computer program where alleged infringer reverse-engineers a sample of the copyright fabric and from the information as to the construction of the fabric so obtained writes its own program for use in its computerised knitting machines to make a similar fabric - Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), s 10. INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT IN COMPUTER PROGRAM - where objective similarity relevant to question of infringement - not shown by similarities identified by a comparison of the two programs at the functional level of expression of each." 1 Citers [ Austlii ] Â Earl Spencer -v- United Kingdom [1998] 25 EHRR CD 105 1998 ECHR Human Rights, Intellectual Property The English law of confidence provided an adequate remedy to restrain the publication of private information about the applicants' marriage and medical condition and photographs taken with a telephoto lens. These developments showed that the basic value protected by the law in such cases was privacy. There was no continuing requirement to show a pre-existing relationship of confidence. 1 Citers Â IPC Magazines Limited -v- MGN Limited [1998] FSR 431 1998 ChD Richard McCombe QC Intellectual Property The court interpreted the word "incidental" in the section as meaning "casual, inessential, subordinate or merely background" Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 31 1 Citers Â Interlego AG's Trade Mark Applications [1998] RPC 69 1998 Neuberger J Intellectual Property 1 Citers Â Prince PLC -v- Prince Sports Group Inc [1998] FSR 21 1998 ChD Neuberger J Intellectual Property In a threat action for trade mark infringement, the plaintiff had only supplied services. The defendant made a general threat without limiting it to proceedings in respect of goods or services. The defendant argued that the threat would be understood as relating only to services, as that is all the plaintiff provided. Held: Section 70 provides a new remedy of a declaration, the grant of which is always discretionary. It may be refused if the application is frivolous, unnecessary, futile, oppressive or otherwise objectionable. In a case where a declaration is granted under Section 21, the Court may decline to grant a wider declaration under the inherent jurisdiction on grounds that it is unnecessary or undesirable. Neuberger J applied the same approach to determining whether a threat of proceedings has been made as was applied in relation to the threats provision in the Patents Act 1977. The threat was entirely general and there was no basis for saying that it fell within the exception. Neuberger J said: "in the end I consider that the language in section 21(1), when read as a whole, is clear . . I consider that one takes the communication, and decides whether it would be understood by a reasonable person in the position of the recipient to be a threat of infringement proceedings. If it is such a threat, then one must decide whether, on its face, the communication nonetheless is outside section 21(1), because it falls within one of the three excepting paragraphs. Although at first sight this may not appear to comply with the philosophy behind section 21(1), I believe that, on analysis, it does. The section is concerned to ensure that threats of infringement proceedings are not made casually or recklessly, because of the potential damage and concern they can cause. Anyone who wishes to write a letter raising the possibility of infringement proceedings is, therefore, required to consider with care whether he has any case, and, if he is to communicate with another, to take care in expressing himself. If, therefore, the person making such communication wishes to take advantage of one or more of the excepting paragraphs of section 21(1), it is incumbent upon him to indicate this in terms." Trade Marks Act 1994 21 1 Cites 1 Citers Â Â Edenlist Ltd -v- David Scott Brian Scott (Patent); IPO 5-Jan-1998 - Us 08/090131; Gb 2253948; O/001/98; [1998] UKIntelP o00198 Â 'Senior': Application No 2013009 OPP 43669; OPP 43669 6 Jan 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: SENIOR 2013009 6 Jan 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Senior (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o02098; O/020/98 6 Jan 1998 IPO Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property The opponents opposition was based on their use of the terms PLUS, JUNIOR and SENIOR to differentiate variations of software products and they in fact used the mark CHECKBOOK SENIOR on a modest scale from 1994 up to the date of the applicant’s application in March 1995. They also claimed use of the term by two other software houses but the evidence filed to support such claims was, at best, inconclusive. The applicants claimed their mark SENIOR had been in use from 1986 onwards. Under Section 3 the Hearing Officer concluded that the mark failed to qualify for registration in the prima facie but taking into account the applicants extensive use he concluded that the mark was distinctive in relation to a range of computer software in Class 9 (and associated goods in Class 16) and that the application could proceed in respect of such goods. Under Section 5(4)(a) - Passing Off - the Hearing Officer decided that the opponents had failed to present an arguable case under this head and, on the basis of the evidence filed, they failed on this ground. Similarly they failed under Section 6(1)(c) since they had failed to show that SENIOR was a well known mark in the context of their products. [ Bailii ] Â Mark: PLANET 518567 9 Jan 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Rectification. [ IPO ] Â Planet (Trade Mark: Rectification) [1998] UKIntelP o01998 9 Jan 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â The Ultimate Answer 007 Personal Numbers Agency (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o01898; O/018/98 9 Jan 1998 IPO Mr D Morgan Intellectual Property IPO This application was filed on 2 November, 1995. In their evidence the opponents stated that the 07000 series of telephone numbers had been allocated to one of their subsidiary companies on 2 February 1995 for their exclusive use. The allocation was confirmed by OFTEL on 6 November 1995 and the service was launched in December 1995. The applicants neither filed a counterstatement nor a response to the opponents evidence. The Hearing Officer accepted that the opponents wholly owned subsidiary were exclusive proprietors of the 07000 series of telephone numbers and that the applicants were not entitled to obtain registered rights in a mark incorporating the 07000 number. He therefore concluded that the applicants had made their application in bad faith and that the opponents were successful under Section 3(6). [ Bailii ] Â Mark: THE ULTIMATE ANSWER 007 PERSONAL NUMBERS AGENCY 2043266 9 Jan 1998 TMR Mr D Morgan Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'the Ultimate Answer 007 Personal Numbers Agency': Application No 2043266 OPP 44881; OPP 44881 9 Jan 1998 TMR Mr D Morgan Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â 'Planet': Application No 518567 REC 9671; REC 9671 9 Jan 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Rectification [ PO ] Â Run/Walk for Life (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o01798 13 Jan 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: RUN/WALK FOR LIFE 2047739 13 Jan 1998 TMR Mr D Morgan Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Run/Walk for Life': Application No 2047739 OPP 45083; OPP 45083 13 Jan 1998 TMR Mr D Morgan Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Â Designers Guild Limited -v- Russell Williams (Textiles) Limited; PatC 14-Jan-1998 - [1998] EWHC Patents 349; [1998] FSR 803 Â Lets Talk (Trade Mark: Appointed Person) [1998] UKIntelP o29998 19 Jan 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Lets Talk': Application No 2032941 19 Jan 1998 TMR Mr M Clarke Intellectual Property cw Appeals to the Appointed Person Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Lets Talk 19 Jan 1998 TMR Mr M Clarke Qc Intellectual Property PO Trade Marks - Appeals to the Appointed Person Decisions - Application No: 2032941 [ PO ] Â Mark: LETS TALK 2032941 19 Jan 1998 TMR Mr M G Clarke QC Intellectual Property IPO Appointed Person. [ IPO ] Â Â Elli Christofi -v- Barclays Bank Plc; PatC 19-Jan-1998 - Times, 03 February 1998; [1998] 1 WLR 1245 Â Chiron Corporation -v- Evans Medical Supplies Ltd and Others Times, 20 January 1998 20 Jan 1998 ChD Intellectual Property Where patents court faced complex technical issues, the parties and legal advisers must seek to agree and submit a technical primer beforehand. Â Alan Kenneth McKenzie Clark -v- Associated Newspapers Ltd Times, 28 January 1998; Gazette, 18 February 1998; [1998] EWHC Patents 345; [1998] 1 WLR 1558 21 Jan 1998 PatC Lightman J Intellectual Property, Media The claimant was a member of Parliament and an author. The defendant published a column which was said to give the impression that the claimant had written it. It was a parody. The claim was in passing off. Held: The first issue was whether a substantial number of readers had been misled. The deception must be more than momentary and inconsequential. A parody of writing style was capable of constituting the tort of passing off and being a breach of Copyright Act rights even though there was a clear attribution. Here the evidence supported the fact that the parody, which relied upon creating just enough, but not too much confusion, had crossed the line. It was sufficient to establish that one of the possible reasonable meanings of the publication would mislead a substantial number of people; but a single meaning was required for the statutory tort of false attribution of authorship. Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 84 1 Cites 1 Citers [ Bailii ] Â Aubrey Max Sandman -v- Panasonic Uk Limited, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd [1998] EWHC Patents 346 21 Jan 1998 PatC Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Bodum (Uk) Limited -v- Household Articles Limited [1998] EWHC Patents 344 22 Jan 1998 PatC Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: BALMORAL 2003949 22 Jan 1998 TMR Mr C Bowen Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Memory Lock (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o01598 22 Jan 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Balmoral [1998] UKIntelP o01698 22 Jan 1998 IPO Intellectual Property (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [ Bailii ] Â Mark: MEMORY LOCK 21044222 22 Jan 1998 TMR Mrs A Pritchard Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Â Redrow Homes Ltd and others -v- Bett Brothers Plc and others; HL 22-Jan-1998 - Times, 26 January 1998; Gazette, 11 February 1998; [1998] 1 All ER 385; [1998] UKHL 2; [1999] AC 197 Â Mark: HERBAL PLUS SAW PALMETTO & device 2032815 23 Jan 1998 TMR Mr G Miller Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Herbal Plus Saw Palmetto Device (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o01498 23 Jan 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: UCAL 362431, 362434, 362435 25 Jan 1998 TMR Mr Geoffrey Hobbs QC Intellectual Property IPO Revocation. [ IPO ] Â 'Ucal': Application No 362431 362434 362435 REV 8939; REV 8938 25 Jan 1998 TMR Mr Hobbs QC Intellectual Property cw Appeals to the Appointed Person Decisions - Trade Marks - Revocation TMR Applicant for Revocation: Soldan Holding & Bonbonspezialitaten GmbH Registered Proprietor: MaCarthys Laboratories Ltd Revocation: Request for an award of costs Summary: The background to these proceedings was that the applicant had refused to purchase marks, which it knew had not been in use, and the registered proprietor had refused to cancel the marks. It had been prepared to sell the marks to the applicant at Â£250 per mark. The applicant filed applications for revocation which were granted as the registered proprietor did not defend the registrations. The applicants asked for costs on the normal scale but the award was refused by the Hearing Officer on the basis that there had been further scope for negotiation between the parties which could have avoided the need for revocation. The Appointed Person decided that on the evidence the Hearing Officer had misdirected himself. An impasse had been reached in the negotiations and the only option open to the applicants was to file for revocation. Having been successful in that regard they were entitled to their costs at the rate of Â£300 per registration. An additional sum of Â£200 was awarded in respect of the appeal. Result: Request for an award of costs - Request successful. Points of interest Appeal from Hearing OfficerÂ´s decision dated 3 April 1997 Headings for Digest entry (i) Costs - Request for an award of. (ii) Powell's Trade Mark [1894] 11 RPC 4 (iii) Trade Marks Registry Work Manual Chapter 15 para 10.7 [ PO ] Â Ucal (Trade Mark: Revocation) [1998] UKIntelP o30598 25 Jan 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Ucal Rev 8938 Rev 8939 Rev 8940 25 Jan 1998 TMR Mr Hobbs Qc Intellectual Property PO Trade Marks - Appeals to the Appointed Person Decisions - Application No: 362431 362434 362435 - Revocation [ PO ] Â Dawnay Day and Co Ltd and Another -v- Cantor Fitzgerald International Times, 26 January 1998 26 Jan 1998 ChD Intellectual Property Permission for the use of a company name to associate with a joint venture project is revocable despite the right to withdraw the name not being set out in the agreement. Â 'Tensor': Application No 1589405 OPP 43141; OPP 43141 27 Jan 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: HERMANS 2041474 27 Jan 1998 TMR Mr A Pike Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Mark: THE UNDERTAKERS 1486681, 1497084 27 Jan 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: THORNGUARD 1562322, 1562325 27 Jan 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Thornguard': Application No 1562322 -v- 1562325 OPP 42686 / 42794; OPP 42686 / 42794 27 Jan 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â 'the Undertakers': Application No 1486681 & 1497084 OPP 43140 / 43123; OPP 43140 / 43123 27 Jan 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â 'Hermans': Application No 2041474 27 Jan 1998 TMR Mr A Pike Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Hermans (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o28298 27 Jan 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Tensor (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o01098 27 Jan 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Thornguard (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o04198 27 Jan 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: TENSOR 1589405 27 Jan 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â The Undertakers (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o28198 27 Jan 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Regina -v- Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate Ex Parte Screen Multimedia Ltd and Another Times, 28 January 1998 28 Jan 1998 QBD Intellectual Property An award of very substantial costs against a defendant infringing copyright was justified even though they were disproportionate to the small profits made. Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 107 Â Progain (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o01398 29 Jan 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Diclotard [1998] UKIntelP o01198 29 Jan 1998 IPO S J Probert Intellectual Property (Trade Mark: Opposition) Trade Marks Act 1938 [ Bailii ] Â 'Diclotard': Application No 1582474 OPP 48325; OPP 48325 29 Jan 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â 'Progain': Application No 2029053 OPP 44692; OPP 44692 29 Jan 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: PROGAIN 2029053 29 Jan 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: DICLOTARD 1582474 29 Jan 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Herpex (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o01298 30 Jan 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: HERPEX 1548635 30 Jan 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Classic Device (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o02598 2 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Philips Electronics Nv -v- Remington Consumer Products Ltd Times, 02 February 1998; [1998] RPC 283 2 Feb 1998 ChD Mr Justice Jacob Intellectual Property It was a misuse of Trade Mark legislation to seek permanently to prevent the use of a substantial engineering design idea which was underlying the mark for which protection was sought. The judge revocation of the registration of the claimant's mark on the ground, inter alia, that it was incapable of distinguishing the goods concerned from those of other undertakings and devoid of any distinctive character, and that it consisted exclusively of a shape which was necessary to obtain a technical result. Trade Marks Act 1994 1 Citers Â Uni-Continental Holdings Limited, Adlock Packaging Limited -v- Eurobond Adhesives Limited [1998] EWHC Patents 342 2 Feb 1998 PatC Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: CLASSIC & DEVICE 2016809 2 Feb 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Classic & Device': Application No 2016809 OPP 45259; OPP 45259 2 Feb 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: EASY SAND 1530280 3 Feb 1998 TMR Mr N Harkness Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Â Phonographic Performance Limited -v- Saibal Maitra; Simon Andrew & Nick Rose and Underworld (Bradford) Limited; CA 3-Feb-1998 - Times, 10 February 1998; [1998] EWCA Civ 137; [1998] 1 WLR 870; [1998] 2 All ER 638 Â 'Easy Sand': Application No 1530280 OPP 41998; OPP 41998 3 Feb 1998 TMR Mr N Harkness Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Consorzio Del Prosciutto Di Parma -v- Asda Stores Ltd and Another Times, 03 February 1998 3 Feb 1998 ChD Intellectual Property Parma ham sliced and packaged in England could properly be called 'Parma Ham' despite being breach of Italian Law; no European breach. Â Easy Sand (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o02498 3 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: ACTION HEROES 2002288 4 Feb 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Invalidity. [ IPO ] Â Action Heroes (Trade Mark: Invalidity) [1998] UKIntelP o04498 4 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Respond (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o04298 4 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Respond': Application No 2007335 OPP 43415; OPP 43415 4 Feb 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Genisis (Trade Mark: Rectification) [1998] UKIntelP o04398 4 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Action Heroes': Application No 2002288 INV 8779; INV 8779 4 Feb 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Invalidity [ PO ] Â Mark: GENISIS 2055831 4 Feb 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Rectification. [ IPO ] Â Mark: RESPOND 2007335 4 Feb 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Genisis': Application No 2055831 REC 9895; REC 9895 4 Feb 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Rectification [ PO ] Â E-Uk Controls Limited -v- Schneider Limited (Design) [1998] UKIntelP o00298 6 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â E-UK Controls Limited -v- Schneider Limited O/002/98; O/002/98 6 Feb 1998 DR Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property cw Designs/Design Right Decisions - Designs [ PO ] Â E-Uk Controls Limited -v- Schneider Limited - O/002/98 6 Feb 1998 PO Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property PO Designs - Designs/Design Right Decisions [ PO ] Â Where The Past Comes Alive (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o29398 9 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: MOMENTS IN TIME 2068284 9 Feb 1998 TMR Mr C Bowen Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Moments In Time (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o04598 9 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: WHERE THE PAST COMES ALIVE 2068292 9 Feb 1998 TMR Mr C Bowen Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â 'Anucci & Stylised 'A'': Application No 2111058 10 Feb 1998 TMR Mr J Hamilton-Jones Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Mark: ANUCCI & STYLISED 'A' 2111058 10 Feb 1998 TMR Mr J Hamilton-Jones Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Anucci Stylised 'A' (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o02398 10 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Route 66 (Trade Mark: Revocation) [1998] UKIntelP o02698 11 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: ROUTE 66 1343470 11 Feb 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Revocation. [ IPO ] Â Â Charalambous Portelli; PO 11-Feb-1998 - O/003/98; GB 9407338 4; [1998] UKIntelP o00398 Â Flyde Microsystems Limited -v- Key Radio Systems Limited Times, 18 February 1998; [1998] EWHC Patents 340 11 Feb 1998 PatC Laddie J Intellectual Property A claim to joint authorship of a copyright work is dependent upon the skills used being of an authorship type; computer programme testing was not in this case sufficient, nor that there had been an agreed division of labour, and no part was taken by the claimant in the writing process. 1 Citers [ Bailii ] Â British Telecommunications Plc -v- Mr James Hawkey O/006/98 13 Feb 1998 PO Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â British Telecommunications Plc -v- James Hawkey - Us 08/525729 -v- Ca 2158850 O/006/98 13 Feb 1998 PO Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â British Telecommunications Plc -v- James Hawkey (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o00698 13 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: WILD CHILD 2013102 17 Feb 1998 TMR Mr Geoffrey Hobbs QC Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Aquacoat': Application No 1130202 REV 8775; REV 8775 17 Feb 1998 TMR Mr N Harkness Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Revocation [ PO ] Â Mark: MICRO PLANNER 1350583 17 Feb 1998 TMR Mr M Tuck Intellectual Property IPO Invalidity. [ IPO ] Â Mark: AQUACOAT 1130202 17 Feb 1998 TMR Mr N Harkness Intellectual Property IPO Revocation. [ IPO ] Â Wild Child Opp 43414; [1998] RPC 455 17 Feb 1998 TMR Geoffrey Hobbs QC Intellectual Property PO Trade Marks - Appeals to the Appointed Person Decisions - Application No: 2013102 - Opposition The court set out the elements of the cause of action of passing off: "The necessary elements of the action for passing off have been restated by the House of Lords as being three in number: (1) that the plaintiffs goods or services have acquired a goodwill or reputation in the market and are known by some distinguishing feature; (2) that there is a misrepresentation by the defendant (whether or not intentional) leading or likely to lead the public to believe that goods or services offered by the defendant are goods or services of the plaintiff; and (3) that the plaintiff has suffered to is likely to suffer damage as a result of the erroneous belief engendered by the defendant's misrepresentation." 1 Citers [ PO ] Â Aquacoat (Trade Mark: Revocation) [1998] UKIntelP o04798 17 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Micro Planner (Trade Mark: Invalidity) [1998] UKIntelP o04698 17 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Wild Child (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o30698 17 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Naturelle & Device': Application No 2030358 OPP 44829; OPP 44829 18 Feb 1998 TMR Mr S Probårt Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Castolin Sa - Ep(Uk) 0493695 O/007/98; O/007/98 18 Feb 1998 PO Mr H J Edwards Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Mark: DEADLY LEADLY SURFER EXTREME 2003191 18 Feb 1998 TMR Mr M Tuck Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Deadly Leadly Surfer Extreme (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o05198 18 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Naturelle Device (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o05098 18 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Castolin Sa - O/007/98 18 Feb 1998 PO Mr H J Edwards Intellectual Property PO Patent Office - Ex Parte Decisions [ PO ] Â Castolin Sa [1998] UKIntelP o00798 18 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property (Patent) [ Bailii ] Â Mark: NATURELLE & DEVICE 2030358 18 Feb 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: DONUT KING 1534191 23 Feb 1998 TMR Mr D Morgan Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Donut King': Application No 1534191 OPP 43351; OPP 43351 23 Feb 1998 TMR Mr D Morgan Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Donut King (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o02798 23 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Fresh Banking': Application No 2131104 24 Feb 1998 TMR Mr S Thorley Intellectual Property cw Appeals to the Appointed Person Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Fresh Banking 24 Feb 1998 TMR Mr S Thorley Qc Intellectual Property PO Trade Marks - Appeals to the Appointed Person Decisions - Application No: 2131104 [ PO ] Â Fresh Banking (Trade Mark: Appointed Person) [1998] UKIntelP o29898 24 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: FRESH BANKING 2131104 24 Feb 1998 TMR Mr S Thorley QC Intellectual Property IPO Appointed Person. [ IPO ] Â Bailey -v- United Wire Limited O/009/98 25 Feb 1998 PO Mr H J Edwards Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â Paris Misak Herouni -v- Solargen Energy Corporation Bvi And Adrian Gaye - O/008/98 25 Feb 1998 PO Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â Benelli (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o04998 25 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: BENELLI 1548782 25 Feb 1998 TMR Mr N Harkness Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Arthur Robert Bailey -v- United Wire Limited - Gb 2292533 -v- Gb 2308315 O/009/98; O/009/98 25 Feb 1998 PO Mr H J Edwards Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Paris Misak Herouni -v- Solargen Energy Corporation Bvi and Adrian Gaye - Wo 95/35469 -v- Wo 95/35470 O/008/98; O/008/98 25 Feb 1998 PO Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Arthur Robert Bailey -v- United Wire Limited (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o00998 25 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Paris Misak Herouni -v- Solargen Energy Corporation Bvi and Adrian Gaye (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o00898 25 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Benelli': Application No 1548782 OPP 43259; OPP 43259 25 Feb 1998 TMR Mr N Harkness Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â 'Oncovin': Application No 973636 REV 8854; REV 8854 26 Feb 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Revocation [ PO ] Â Mark: GAS & DEVICE 1571755 26 Feb 1998 TMR Mr M Tuck Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Gas & Device': Application No 1571755 OPP 42644; OPP 42644 26 Feb 1998 TMR Mr M Tuck Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Gas Device (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o04898 26 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: ONCOVIN 973636 26 Feb 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Revocation. [ IPO ] Â Oncovin (Trade Mark: Revocation) [1998] UKIntelP o03298 26 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Granite': Application No 1524531 OPP 42876; OPP 42876 27 Feb 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Ultraglow (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o02898 27 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: GRANIT 1166439 27 Feb 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Revocation. [ IPO ] Â Mark: ULTRAGLOW 1266228, 1391239 27 Feb 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Granit': Application No 1166439 REV 8503; REV 8503 27 Feb 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Revocation [ PO ] Â Granite (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o03098 27 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Granit (Trade Mark: Revocation) [1998] UKIntelP o02998 27 Feb 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Matthew Gloag and Son Ltd and Another -v- Welsh Distillers Ltd and Others Times, 27 February 1998 27 Feb 1998 ChD Intellectual Property It was not an unarguable claim that what was Scotch whisky was Welsh was reverse passing off, and there exists an arguable private right under European Directive. Â 'Ultraglow': Application No 1391239 -v- 1266228 OPP 39309/ 38926; OPP 39309/ 38926 27 Feb 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: GRANITE 1524531 27 Feb 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Gransil (Trade Mark: Revocation) [1998] UKIntelP o03498 2 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Gransil': Application No 1223766 REV 8830 2 Mar 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Revocation [ PO ] Â Sas Sas (Stylised) (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o03398 2 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: GRANSIL 1223766 2 Mar 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Revocation. [ IPO ] Â 'Sas & Sas (Stylised)': Application No 1482034 OPP 41684; OPP 41684 2 Mar 1998 TMR Mr N Harkness Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: SAS & SAS (STYLISED) 1482034 2 Mar 1998 TMR Mr N Harkness Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Club 240': Application No 2045342 OPP 45037; OPP 45037 4 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Club 240 (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o03798 4 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Bmf': Application No 2024714 OPP 44520; OPP 44520 4 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: BMF 2024714 4 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: CLUB 240 2045342 4 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Bmf (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o03598 4 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Bruma's BK (Stylised) Device (Trade Mark: Opposition) OPP 39987; 1496284; [1998] UKIntelP o03698 4 Mar 1998 IPO Mr N Harkness Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] - [ IPO ] - [ Bailii ] Â 'Viper': Application No 1410265 OPP 35801; OPP 35801 5 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Tuck Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Device Only Mark (Trade Mark: Appointed Person) [1998] UKIntelP o30298 5 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: VIPER 1410265 5 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Tuck Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: DEVICE ONLY MARK 2048583, 3048582 5 Mar 1998 TMR Mr Geoffrey Hobbs QC Intellectual Property IPO Appointed Person. [ IPO ] Â Viper (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o03898 5 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Device Only Mark': Application No 3048582 -v- 2048583 5 Mar 1998 TMR Mr G Hobbs QC Intellectual Property cw Appeals to the Appointed Person Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Device Only Mark 5 Mar 1998 TMR Mr G Hobbs Qc Intellectual Property PO Trade Marks - Appeals to the Appointed Person Decisions - Application No: 3048582 / 2048583 [ PO ] Â 'Speedmaster': Application No 2003752 OPP 43454; OPP 43454 9 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Tuck Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Speedmaster (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o03998 9 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: ZZZZZ 1556480 9 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Tuck Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: ZZZZZ 1556477 9 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Tuck Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Zzzzz (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o05398 9 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Â Zzzzz (Trade Mark: Opposition); IPO 9-Mar-1998 - [1998] UKIntelP o05498 Â 'Zzzzz': Application No 1556477 OPP 43557 9 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Tuck Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: SPEEDMASTER 2003752 9 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Tuck Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Â 'Zzzzz': Application No 1556480; TMR 9-Mar-1998 - OPP 43561 Â Scandecor Development Ab -v- Scandecor Marketing Ltd and Another Times, 09 March 1998; Gazette, 25 March 1998; [1998] FSR 500 9 Mar 1998 ChD Intellectual Property, Company A company with same name as a registered trademark could trade under that name provided the use was honest and otherwise within the section. Trade Marks Act 1994 11(2)(a) 1 Citers Â C (Stylised) (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o04098 11 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'C&Nbsp;(Stylised)': Application No 1452837 -v- 1452838 -v- 14522841 OPP 39924 / 39928 / 39929; OPP 39924 / 39928 / 39929 11 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Scanvaegt International A/S; Scanvaegt Gb Limited -v- Pelcombe Limited (Formerly Portals Engineering Limited) and Pelcombe Group Limited [1998] EWCA Civ 436 11 Mar 1998 CA Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: C (STYLISED) 14522841, 1452837, 1452838 11 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: JACKPOT FLIGHT 2014098 11 Mar 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Jackpot Flight (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o06598 11 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Jackpot Flight': Application No 2014098 OPP 44846; OPP 44846 11 Mar 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Furfix Products Limited -v- Harold John Andrews - Gb 9509562 6 -v- Gb 9609921 3 O/021/98; O/021/98 12 Mar 1998 PO Mr S N Dennehey Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Simon Paul Carrington - O/022/98 12 Mar 1998 PO Mr M C Wright Intellectual Property PO Patent Office - Ex Parte Decisions [ PO ] Â Furfix Products Limited -v- Harold John Andrews (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o02198 12 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Furfix Products Limited -v- Harold John Andrews - O/021/98 12 Mar 1998 PO Mr S N Dennehey Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â Simon Paul Carrington (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o02298 12 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Simon Paul Carrington - Gb 2261136 O/022/98; O/022/98 12 Mar 1998 PO Mr M C Wright Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â 'Prosynap': Application No 2042430 OPP 45064; OPP 45064 13 Mar 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Starbrite (Trade Mark: Invalidity) [1998] UKIntelP o06498 13 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Little World': Application No 2026302 OPP 44403; OPP 44403 13 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: LITTLE WORLD 2026302 13 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: STARBRITE 1495844 13 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Invalidity. [ IPO ] Â Mark: PROSYNAP 2042430 13 Mar 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Prosynap (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o05598 13 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Little World (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o06398 13 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Starbrite': Application No 1495844 INV 9339; INV 9339 13 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Invalidity [ PO ] Â Gemini (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o06298 16 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: GEMINI 1536363 16 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Gemini': Application No 1536363 OPP 43059; OPP 43059 16 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: EPOLAIR 1559280, 1559281, 1568708, 158 17 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: GLYCOSPORT 2022551 17 Mar 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Glycosport (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o06198 17 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Glycosport': Application No 2022551 OPP 46080; OPP 46080 17 Mar 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Epoly (Trade Mark: Revocation) [1998] UKIntelP o05698 17 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN LONDON (AU) 1492834 18 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Tuck Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Robin Ray -v- Classic FM Plc Times, 08 April 1998; Gazette, 29 April 1998; [1998] FSR 622; [1998] EWHC Patents 333 18 Mar 1998 PatC Lightman J Intellectual Property The plaintiff had contributed a design for a system of classifying and selecting tracks to be played on a radio station. He did so under a consultancy contract. Held: A Joint authorship claim required that the contributor had made some direct contribution to the words appearing in the eventual published item. A contribution of ideas was insufficient. What is essential is a direct responsibility for what actually appears on the paper. The defendant was to be licensed to use the copyright database, but only as was foreseen within the original arrangement. The court set out a classic statement of the law on the position of an original author of copyright works. Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 10 1 Cites 1 Citers [ Bailii ] Â 'the American University In London (Au)': Application No 1492834 OPP 44311; OPP 44311 18 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Tuck Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â The American University In London (Au) (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o06098 18 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Roy Hudson -v- John Michael Worthington - O/031/98 19 Mar 1998 PO Mr B Westerman Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â Roy Hudson -v- John Michael Worthington (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o03198 19 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Roy Hudson -v- John Michael Worthington - Gb 2125349 O/031/98; O/031/98 19 Mar 1998 PO Mr B Westerman Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Maintainit (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o06698 20 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: OPERATION ALIENS 1527158 20 Mar 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Nutritive (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o05898 20 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Operation Aliens': Application No 1527158 OPP 42627; OPP 42627 20 Mar 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Operation Aliens (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o05998 20 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: NUTRITIVE 2050394 20 Mar 1998 TMR Mr C Hamilton Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Mark: MAINTAINIT 2102026 20 Mar 1998 TMR Miss J McNeill Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Â Buehler Ag -v- Chronos Richardson Ltd; CA 20-Mar-1998 - Times, 03 April 1998; [1998] 2 All ER 960; [1998] EWCA Civ 509 Â 'Air Force': Application No 2022165 OPP 44961; OPP 44961 23 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Air Force (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o05798 23 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: AIR FORCE 2022165 23 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Hoechst Celanese Corporation -v- Bp Chemicals Limited [1998] EWHC Patents 331 26 Mar 1998 PatC Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Â Mark: MAXAM; TMR 26-Mar-1998 - 2007601 Â Â Mark: ROYAL BOTANIA; TMR 26-Mar-1998 - 2001945 Â Royal Botania (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o07198 26 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Maxam (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o07098 26 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Royal Botania': Application No 2001945 OPP 43061; OPP 43061 26 Mar 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â 'Maxam': Application No 2007601 OPP 46157; OPP 46157 26 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Tuck Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Fosroc International Limited -v- Concrete Repairs Limited (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o05298 27 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Antec International Limited -v- South Western Chicks (Warren) Limited Times, 08 April 1998; Gazette, 07 May 1998; [1998] EWHC Patents 330 27 Mar 1998 PatC Intellectual Property Where words in a product name were so generally descriptive as to be unable to distinguish the product from others, they could nevertheless be registerable as a Trade Mark with goodwill, after acquiring a secondary connotation. Trade Marks Act 1994 [ Bailii ] Â Fosroc International Limited -v- Concrete Repairs Limited - O/052/98 27 Mar 1998 PO Mr G M Bridges Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â Fosroc International Limited -v- Concrete Repairs Limited - Gb 2279664 O/052/98; O/052/98 27 Mar 1998 PO Mr G M Bridges Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â 3K (Trade Mark: Invalidity) [1998] UKIntelP o06998 30 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â '3K': Application No 2015478 INV 9090; INV 9090 30 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Tuck Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Invalidity [ PO ] Â Mark: 3K 2015478 30 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Tuck Intellectual Property IPO Invalidity. [ IPO ] Â Mark: 3K 2015478 30 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Tuck Intellectual Property IPO Invalidity. [ IPO ] Â 3K (Trade Mark: Invalidity) [1998] UKIntelP o28398 30 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Richard Eden Shute -v- University Of Hertfordshire - O/067/98 31 Mar 1998 PO Mr S P Rowan Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â Richard Eden Shute -v- University of Hertfordshire (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o06798 31 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Richard Eden Shute -v- University of Hertfordshire - Gb 2306484 O/067/98; O/067/98 31 Mar 1998 PO Mr S P Rowan Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Mark: BODYPAINT 2044468 31 Mar 1998 TMR Miss V Douglas Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Mark: FRUITCAKE & DEVICE 2063511, 2063539 31 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Fruitcake & Device': Application No 2063511 & 2063539 OPP 45711 / 45600; OPP 45711 / 45600 31 Mar 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: DEWBERRY 1407862 31 Mar 1998 TMR Miss V Douglas Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Dewberry (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o08698 31 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Fruitcake Device (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o08598 31 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Bodypaint (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o08798 31 Mar 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Device': Application No 1454149 OPP 32395; OPP 32395 2 Apr 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Device (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o08498 2 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Hoechst Celanse Corporation -v- Bp Chemicals Ltd Times, 02 April 1998 2 Apr 1998 ChD Intellectual Property, Litigation Practice Parties who were presenting complex scientific cases to the court, must endeavour to agree a scientific primer and keep cross examination brief. Â Mark: DEVICE 1454149 2 Apr 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: TASTES LIKE FRESH & device 2132418 3 Apr 1998 TMR Miss V Douglas Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Tastes Like Fresh Device (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o08298 3 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: ENERCAP 2108583 3 Apr 1998 TMR Miss V Douglas Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Enercap (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o08398 3 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Renaissance': Application No 1526252 OPP 44381; OPP 44381 6 Apr 1998 TMR Miss V Douglas Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â 'Ever Ready': Application No 2012470 OPP 43722; OPP 43722 6 Apr 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Dyrlund A/S -v- Turberville Smith Limited Scott R Appleton [1998] EWCA Civ 640 6 Apr 1998 CA Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Renaissance (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o08098 6 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Ever Ready (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o08198 6 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: EVER READY 2012470 6 Apr 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: RENAISSANCE 1526252 6 Apr 1998 TMR Miss V Douglas Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Messiah From Scratch (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o10798 7 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Telecommunications': Application No 1492740 OPP 44086; OPP 44086 7 Apr 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Telecommunications (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o07998 7 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Messiah From Scratch': Application No 1510886 & 2000102 7 Apr 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Mark: TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1492740 7 Apr 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: MESSIAH FROM SCRATCH 1510886, 2000102 7 Apr 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Ian Carruthers -v- M&P Fluorescent Fittings Ltd - O/068/98 9 Apr 1998 PO Mr S N Dennehey Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â Ian Carruthers -v- Mp Fluorescent Fittings Ltd (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o06898 9 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Ian Carruthers -v- M&P Fluorescent Fittings Ltd - Gb 2250771 O/068/98; O/068/98 9 Apr 1998 PO Mr S N Dennehey Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Mark: RENAISSANCE 1526254 14 Apr 1998 TMR Miss V Douglas Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Mark: RENAISSANCE 1526253 14 Apr 1998 TMR Miss V Douglas Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Deep Down Dimple Softness (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o29498 14 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: TV SHOP & DEVICE 1518935 14 Apr 1998 TMR Miss V Douglas Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â 'Renaissance': Application No 1526253 14 Apr 1998 TMR Miss V Douglas Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â 'Renaissance': Application No 1526254 14 Apr 1998 TMR Miss V Douglas Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Mark: HI-VIZ 2102834 14 Apr 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Tv Shop Device (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o10298 14 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Hi-Viz (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o10098 14 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: DEEP DOWN DIMPLE SOFTNESS 2063593 14 Apr 1998 TMR Miss V Douglas Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Mark: MEMPHIS 2012224 14 Apr 1998 TMR Miss V Douglas Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Memphis (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o29298 14 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Renaissance (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o12198 14 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Renaissance (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o12298 14 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Hi-Viz': Application No 2102834 OPP 46052; OPP 46052 14 Apr 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Â ABS Safehull (Trade Mark: Ex Parte); IPO 16-Apr-1998 - 1548934; [1998] UKIntelP o10198 Â Â ABS Safehull (Trade Mark: Ex Parte); IPO 16-Apr-1998 - 1548935; [1998] UKIntelP o10398 Â Bodyliss (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o07898 16 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: BODYLISS 2113662 16 Apr 1998 TMR Miss V Douglas Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Symonds Device (Trade Mark: Invalidity) [1998] UKIntelP o10498 17 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Symonds & Device': Application No 2015364 INV 9239; INV 9239 17 Apr 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Invalidity [ PO ] Â Mark: SYMONDS & DEVICE 2015364 17 Apr 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Invalidity. [ IPO ] Â Hush Puppy (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o09998 20 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: DEVICE OF 3 RIFLES 256613 20 Apr 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Revocation. [ IPO ] Â Mark: HUSH PUPPY 1354287 20 Apr 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Hush Puppy': Application No 1354287 OPP 28978; OPP 28978 20 Apr 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Device of 3 Rifles (Trade Mark: Revocation) [1998] UKIntelP o09898 20 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Francis James Mcgrath -v- Tony Hancock - Gb 9613736 9 O/088/98; O/088/98 24 Apr 1998 PO Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Francis James Mcgrath -v- Tony Hancock (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o08898 24 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: KOP'S FOOTWEAR 2106919 27 Apr 1998 TMR Mr A Pike Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: MONSTER TRUCK 2105549 27 Apr 1998 TMR Mr C Bowen Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Builders Mate (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o28898 27 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Monster Truck (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o28798 27 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Ell': Application No 1216164 -v- 1216166 REC 8190 / 8191; REC 8190 / 8191 27 Apr 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Rectification [ PO ] Â Kop'S Footwear (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o28598 27 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â '(Trade Dress) Planet Football': Application No 2135743 27 Apr 1998 TMR Mr C Hamilton Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â 'Monster Truck': Application No 2105549 27 Apr 1998 TMR Mr C Bowen Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â 'House of Worth - Worth': Application No 1233063 -v- 922188 REV 9160 / 9161; REV 9160 / 9161 27 Apr 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Revocation [ PO ] Â Ell (Trade Mark: Rectification) [1998] UKIntelP o09798 27 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â (Trade Dress) Planet Football (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o28498 27 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: BUILDERS MATE 2008159 27 Apr 1998 TMR Mr N Harkness Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Builders Mate': Application No 2008159 OPP 43844 27 Apr 1998 TMR Mr N Harkness Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition TMR BUILDERS MATE MATE Series of 2 Classes 1, 17 & 19 BUILDERS MATE - (limited to colours red and black) BL (SRIS) O/288/98 27 April 1998 H(NAH) Applicant: Wickes PLC Opponent: The Dow Chemical Company Opposition: Sections 5(2)(b) Summary: The opponents provided evidence to show extensive use of their marks ROOFMATE, WALLMATE, FLOORMATE, PERIMATE and AGMATE in relation to a range of insulation products, They, therefore, claimed that they had a reputation in the suffix MATE which indicated goods from their Company. The applicants claimed use of their BUILDERS MATE mark but such use was very specific in that it related to the name of their chain of do-it-yourself stores and no use was shown on actual goods. A claim was also made that others used MATE marks within the building supplies industry but use of such marks was not substantiated. The Hearing Officer accepted that the opponents owned a family of MATE marks and that they had a reputation in relation to that word. He therefore concluded, in relation to insulation goods, that the opponents were successful in their opposition. Application allowed to proceed for other goods claimed. Result: Section 5(2)(b) Opposition successful Points of interest. New grounds of opposition proposed at hearing. Hearing Officer refused the request [ PO ] Â Mark: HOUSE OF WORTH 1233063, 922188 27 Apr 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Revocation. [ IPO ] Â Mark: ELL 1216164, 1216166 27 Apr 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Rectification. [ IPO ] Â Worth (Trade Mark: Revocation) [1998] UKIntelP o28698 27 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: (TRADE DRESS) PLANET FOOTBALL 2135743 27 Apr 1998 TMR Mr C Hamilton Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â 'Kop's Footwear': Application No 2106919 OPP 46463; OPP 46463 27 Apr 1998 TMR Mr A Pike Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â 'Ear +Device': Application No 1412457 OPP 37836; OPP 37836 28 Apr 1998 TMR Mr N Harkness Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Ear Device (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o09498 28 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: EAR +DEVICE 1412457 28 Apr 1998 TMR Mr N Harkness Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Desktalk': Application No 2007735 OPP 43245; OPP 43245 29 Apr 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: DESKTALK 2007735 29 Apr 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: CD BOOK 1545222, 1545225, 1545226, 154 29 Apr 1998 TMR Mr N Harkness Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Cd Book': Application No 1545225 -v- 1545222 -v- 1545226 -v- 1545229 OPP 43116 / 43117 / 42856 / 42; OPP 43116 / 43117 / 42856 / 42857 29 Apr 1998 TMR Mr N Harkness Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Demel (Trading As Demotec Siegfried Demel) -v- C&H Jefferson, Ernest Fergus Logan [1998] EWHC Patents 324 29 Apr 1998 PatC Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Desktalk (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o09698 29 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Cd Book (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o09598 29 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: SKALE KING 2028886 30 Apr 1998 TMR Mr N Harkness Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Skale King': Application No 2028886 OPP 44417; OPP 44417 30 Apr 1998 TMR Mr N Harkness Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: WATER KING 2023032A, 2023032B 30 Apr 1998 TMR Mr N Harkness Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: GRIPSTIX 1488886 30 Apr 1998 TMR Mr N Harkness Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: APERIFRAIS 1508329 30 Apr 1998 TMR Mr N Harkness Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Aperifrais': Application No 1508329 OPP 37747; OPP 37747 30 Apr 1998 TMR Mr N Harkness Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Lubrizol Corporation & Anr and Esso Petroleum Co Ltd and others [1998] EWCA Civ 744 30 Apr 1998 CA Intellectual Property Patents. [ Bailii ] Â Mark: ECOFIX 2005290 30 Apr 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Aperifrais (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o09098 30 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Gripstix': Application No 1488886 OPP 38398; OPP 38398 30 Apr 1998 TMR Mr N Harkness Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Water King (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o09298 30 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Gripstix (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o09198 30 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Ecofix (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o09398 30 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Water King': Application No 2023032A -v- 2023032B OPP 44732 / 44733; OPP 44732 / 44733 30 Apr 1998 TMR Mr N Harkness Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â 'Ecofix': Application No 2005290 OPP 44381; OPP 44381 30 Apr 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Skale King (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o10598 30 Apr 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: NET BENEFIT 2121611 1 May 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Rectification. [ IPO ] Â Mark: TEGO TOP SHOP 1512117, 1512118 1 May 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: CAMARO 1256776 1 May 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Revocation. [ IPO ] Â Tego Top Shop (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o11598 1 May 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Camaro (Trade Mark: Revocation) [1998] UKIntelP o11198 1 May 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Net Benefit': Application No 2121611 REC 9833; REC 9833 1 May 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Rectification [ PO ] Â Net Benefit (Trade Mark: Rectification) [1998] UKIntelP o11698 1 May 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Tego Top Shop': Application No 1512117 -v- 1512118 OPP 40200 / 40201; OPP 40200 / 40201 1 May 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Carflow Products (UK) Limited -v- Linwood Securities (Birmingham) Limited, Argos Distributors Limited, Martin Bond [1998] EWHC Patents 323 1 May 1998 PatC Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Wolfgang Rixen Gerrit Pies -v- Item Industrietechnik Und Maschinenbau Gmbh (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o07298 7 May 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Wolfgang Rixen & Gerrit Pies -v- Item Industrietechnik Und Maschinenbau Gmbh - Ep (Uk)0200927 -v- 0136431 O/072/98; O/072/98 7 May 1998 PO Mr S P Rowan Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Wolfgang Rixen & Gerrit Pies -v- Item Industrietechnik Und Maschinenbau Gmbh - O/072/98 7 May 1998 PO Mr S P Rowan Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â 'Heritage Green': Application No 2012210 OPP 43721; OPP 43721 8 May 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Zahra (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o12098 8 May 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Heritage Green (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o10698 8 May 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Zahra': Application No 1555004 8 May 1998 TMR Mr R Jones Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Mark: HERITAGE GREEN 2012210 8 May 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: ZAHRA 1555004 8 May 1998 TMR Mr R A Jones Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Motorola Limited - O/118/98 11 May 1998 PO Mr P Marchant Intellectual Property PO Patent Office - Ex Parte Decisions [ PO ] Â Mark: LIQUID FORCE 2069509 11 May 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Liquid Force': Application No 2069509 OPP 46366; OPP 46366 11 May 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Seigneur Pour Main De Maitre (Trade Mark: Rectification) [1998] UKIntelP o10998 11 May 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Seigneur Pour Main De Maitre': Application No 1587290 -v- 1587289 -v- 1587291 REC 9570 / 9571 / 9573; REC 9570 / 9571 / 9573 11 May 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Rectification [ PO ] Â Motorola Limited (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o11898 11 May 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Liquid Force (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o10898 11 May 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: SEIGNEUR POUR MAIN DE MAITRE 1587289, 1587290, 1587291 11 May 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Rectification. [ IPO ] Â Motorola Limited - Gb 9724367 9 O/118/98 11 May 1998 PO Mr P Marchant Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Bernard Frederick Fellerman -v- Electrolux Limited O/075/98 12 May 1998 PO Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â Bernard Frederick Fellerman -v- Electrolux Limited - Various Gb Patents O/075/98 12 May 1998 PO Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Bernard Frederick Fellerman -v- Electrolux Limited (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o07598 12 May 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Philips Electronics N -v- -v- Ingman Limited, the Video Duplicating Company Limited [1998] EWHC Patents 321 13 May 1998 PatC Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Â Waterford Wedgwood Plc and Another -v- David Vagli Ltd and Another, Haughton Third Party; ChD 13-May-1998 - Times, 13 May 1998; [1998] FSR 92 Â Mark: HELIRADAR 2112455 13 May 1998 TMR Mr C Hamilton Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â 'Heliradar': Application No 2112455 13 May 1998 TMR Mr C Hamilton Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Heliradar (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o28998 13 May 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: ODPO 2022165 15 May 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Odpo (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o11098 15 May 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Odpo (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o07498 15 May 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: ODPO 2004672 15 May 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Odpo': Application No 2022165 OPP 43483; OPP 43483 15 May 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â 'Odpo': Application No 2004672 OPP 43483; OPP 43483 15 May 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Cayless and SCI-Sport Limited -v- Barton and Cullis (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o07398 18 May 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Sean Robert Cayless And Sci-Sport Limited -v- Nicholas John Barton And Beryl Dorothy Cullis - O/073/98 18 May 1998 PO Mr G M Bridges Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â Sean Robert Cayless and Sci-Sport Limited -v- Nicholas John Barton and Beryl Dorothy Cullis - Gb 2214052 -v- Gb 2253128 O/073/98; O/073/98 18 May 1998 PO Mr G M Bridges Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Anheuser-Busch Inc -v- Budejovicky Budvar Narodni Podnik; Budejovicky Budvar Narodni Podnik -v- Anheuser Busch Inc Times, 20 May 1998 20 May 1998 ChD Intellectual Property It is possible to grant two identical trade marks in respect of beer where either there was no confusion, or an honest concurrent use could justify such double registrations. Trade Marks Act 1994 11 12(2) 1 Citers Â Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council & The University Of Newcastle- Upon-Tyne -v- Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation - O/074/98 20 May 1998 PO Mr G M Bridges Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â Â R W Hartley And E R Livesey -v- Advanced Extrusion Developments Limited; PO 20-May-1998 - O/076/98 Â 'Three Card Poker & Device': Application No 2052301 20 May 1998 TMR Miss A Hall Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Three Card Poker Device (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o11298 20 May 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Â R W Hartley and E R Livesey -v- Advanced Extrusion Developments Limited (Patent); IPO 20-May-1998 - [1998] UKIntelP o07698 Â Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council & the University of Newcastle- Upon-Tyne -v- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - Ep 93912444 2 -v- Ep 93913384 9 O/074/98; O/074/98 20 May 1998 PO Mr G M Bridges Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Biotechnology Biological Sciences Research Council The University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne -v- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [1998] UKIntelP o07498 20 May 1998 IPO Intellectual Property Patent [ Bailii ] Â Mark: THREE CARD POKER & DEVICE 2052301 20 May 1998 TMR Miss A Hall Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â R W Hartley and E R Livesey -v- Advanced Extrusion Developments Limited O/076/98; Gb 2271755 20 May 1998 PO Mr G M Bridges Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Python (Monty) Pictures Ltd -v- Paragon Entertainment Corporation and Another Times, 31 July 1998; [1998] EMLR 640 21 May 1998 ChD Rattee J Intellectual Property Where a copyright assignment was subject to the provisions of a side letter, a sub-assignee was subject to the same provisions even though he was not made aware of the existence of the side letter. 1 Cites Â Harrods Limited -v- Harrods (Buenos Aires) Ltd and Harrods (South America) Ltd [1998] EWCA Civ 874 21 May 1998 CA Nourse, Potter, Mummery LJJ Intellectual Property, Company 1 Cites [ Bailii ] Â Healing Herbs Limited -v- Bach Flower Remedies Limited [1998] EWHC Patents 318 22 May 1998 PatC Intellectual Property 1 Citers [ Bailii ] Â Earthwise Baby Limited -v- Jacqueline Anne Margaret Fenton - O/089/98 28 May 1998 PO Mr G M Bridges Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â Benson Environmental Limited -v- Gilberts (Blackpool) Limited (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o07798 28 May 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Earthwise Baby Limited -v- Jacqueline Anne Margaret Fenton (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o08998 28 May 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Earthwise Baby Limited -v- Jacqueline Anne Margaret Fenton O/089/98; Gb 2263224 28 May 1998 PO Mr G M Bridges Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Benson Environmental Limited -v- Gilberts (Blackpool) Limited O/077/98; Gb 2252147 28 May 1998 PO Mr G Rogers Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Benson Environmental Limited -v- Gilberts (Blackpool) Limited O/077/98 28 May 1998 PO Mr G Rogers Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â A B C Device (Trade Mark: Opposition) OPP 39857; 1469847; [1998] UKIntelP o11398 29 May 1998 IPO Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ Bailii ] Â Alimar Special (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o11498 29 May 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: ALIMAR SPECIAL 1513351 29 May 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Alimar Special': Application No 1513351 OPP 42599; OPP 42599 29 May 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Bonus Gold 1 Jun 1998 TMR Mr S Thorley Qc Intellectual Property PO Trade Marks - Appeals to the Appointed Person Decisions - Application No: 2103419 [ PO ] Â Harrods Ltd -v- Harrods (Buenos Aries) Ltd and Another Times, 01 June 1998 1 Jun 1998 CA Intellectual Property Old contract clearly licensing use of Trade Mark name created a continuing right to use the name and was not now to be restrained by Trade Marks legislation. Trade Marks Act 1994 Â 'Bonus Gold': Application No 2103419 1 Jun 1998 TMR Mr S Thorley QC Intellectual Property cw Appeals to the Appointed Person Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Mark: BONUS GOLD 2103419; [1998] UKIntelP o30198 1 Jun 1998 IPO Mr S Thorley QC Intellectual Property IPO Appointed Person. [ IPO ] - [ Bailii ] Â Â ISG - Device (Trade Mark: Opposition); IPO 2-Jun-1998 - [1998] UKIntelP o11798 Â 'Isg - Device': Application No 1580234 OPP 42947; OPP 42947 2 Jun 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Â Mark: ISG - DEVICE; TMR 2-Jun-1998 - 1580234 Â Dyrland Smith A/S -v- Tuberville Smith Limited and Another Gazette, 28 October 1998; Times, 04 June 1998; [1998] FSR 774 4 Jun 1998 CA Intellectual Property Where a court discharged an injunction against breach of design right against an undertaking to apply for a licence as of right. It was right to test the parties financial standing to purchase such a right before an injunction was granted. Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 239 Â Keeling -v- Office de l'harmonisation dans le marche interieur T-148/97; [1998] EUECJ T-148/97 8 Jun 1998 ECFI European, Intellectual Property ECFI An action brought directly against a decision of the President of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) by a member of a Board of Appeal of the Office on the basis of Article 173 of the Treaty must be dismissed as manifestly inadmissible. According to the first paragraph of Article 173 of the Treaty, the Community judicature may review the legality of acts adopted jointly by the European Parliament and the Council, of acts of the Council, of the Commission and of the European Central Bank, other than recommendations and opinions, and of acts of the European Parliament intended to produce legal effects vis-a-vis third parties. It follows that acts emanating from Community bodies other than those listed in that provision may not be challenged on the basis of it. The Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market is not one of the Community institutions listed in Article 4 of the Treaty, nor is it mentioned in the first paragraph of Article 173 of the Treaty. Moreover, such a decision is not immune from all judicial review, having regard to the remedies provided for by Regulation No 40/94 which are potentially available against it. [ Bailii ] Â Mark: SORRENTO 2049490 9 Jun 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â John Michael Pemberton -v- Monk Construction Ltd - Gb 2240974 O/119/98 9 Jun 1998 PO Mr G M Bridges Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Master John (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o12398 9 Jun 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: LIQUID FORCE 1574858, 2069509 9 Jun 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Sorrento': Application No 2049490 OPP 46245; OPP 46245 9 Jun 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Â 'Elizabeth Emanuel': Application No 2009499; TMR 9-Jun-1998 - 2009499; OPP 43532; [1998] UKIntelP o12498 Â John Michael Pemberton -v- Monk Construction Ltd (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o11998 9 Jun 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Sorrento (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o12598 9 Jun 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Master John': Application No 1574858 OPP 43318; OPP 43318 9 Jun 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Â John Smith (Trade Mark: Opposition); IPO 10-Jun-1998 - OPP 41247; 1530989; [1998] UKIntelP o12698 Â Derek Spring -v- Wallguard Limited - O/127/98 11 Jun 1998 PO Mr S N Dennehey Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â Derek Spring -v- Wallguard Limited - Gb 2240577 -v- Gb 2241729 O/127/98; O/127/98 11 Jun 1998 PO Mr S N Dennehey Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Derek Spring -v- Wallguard Limited (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o12798 11 Jun 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Mystical Lucky Bags': Application No 2047917 OPP 45358; OPP 45358 12 Jun 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â 'Infosort': Application No 2116410 12 Jun 1998 TMR Mr M Foley Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Mark: INFOSORT 2116410 12 Jun 1998 TMR Mr M Foley Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â William Lister - Gb 2240569 O/130/98; O/130/98 12 Jun 1998 PO Mr R J Marchant Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â William Lister (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o13098 12 Jun 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Infosort (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o12998 12 Jun 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: MYSTICAL LUCKY BAGS 2047917 12 Jun 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Gromax Plasticulture Ltd -v- Don & Low Nonwovens Ltd [1998] EWHC Patents 316; [1999] RPC 367 12 Jun 1998 PatC Lindsay J Intellectual Property The court set out tests of bad faith for applications for the registration of trade marks: "I shall not attempt to define bad faith in this context. Plainly it includes dishonesty and, as I would hold, includes also some dealings which fall short of the standards of acceptable commercial behaviour observed by reasonable and experienced men in the particular area being examined. Parliament has wisely not attempted to explain in detail what is or is not bad faith in this context: how far a dealing must so fall-short in order to amount to bad faith is a matter best left to be adjudged not by some paraphrase by the courts (which leads to the danger of the courts then construing not the Act but the paraphrase) but by reference to the words of the Act and upon a regard to all material surrounding circumstances." 1 Citers [ Bailii ] Â Mr William Lister - O/130/98 12 Jun 1998 PO Mr R J Marchant Intellectual Property PO Patent Office - Ex Parte Decisions [ PO ] Â Mystical Lucky Bags (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o12898 12 Jun 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Hurry Me A Curry': Application No 2022203 OPP 44459; OPP 44459 19 Jun 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Hurry Me A Curry (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o13298 19 Jun 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: HURRY ME A CURRY 2022203 19 Jun 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: RASTAPLAST 2015594 22 Jun 1998 TMR Mr Geoffrey Hobbs QC Intellectual Property IPO Appointed Person. [ IPO ] Â Mark: PREVIEW 1446494 22 Jun 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Rectification. [ IPO ] Â Lubrizol Corporation; Lubrizol Limited -v- Esso Petroleum Company Limited; Exxon Chemical Limited and Exxon Corporation [1998] EWCA Civ 1054 22 Jun 1998 CA Intellectual Property Patents. [ Bailii ] Â Preview (Trade Mark: Rectification) [1998] UKIntelP o13198 22 Jun 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Rastaplast': Application No 2015594 22 Jun 1998 TMR Mr G Hobbs QC Intellectual Property cw Appeals to the Appointed Person Decisions - Trade Marks. [ PO ] Â Rastaplast 22 Jun 1998 TMR Mr G Hobbs Qc Intellectual Property PO Trade Marks - Appeals to the Appointed Person Decisions - Application No: 2015594 [ PO ] Â Rastaplast (Trade Mark: Appointed Person) [1998] UKIntelP o30098 22 Jun 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â David Ralph Tristram (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o13398 24 Jun 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â David Ralph Tristram - Gb 2171750 O/133/98; O/133/98 24 Jun 1998 PO Mr M C Wright Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Mr David Ralph Tristram - O/133/98 24 Jun 1998 PO Mr M C Wright Intellectual Property PO Patent Office - Ex Parte Decisions [ PO ] Â Bernard Frederick Fellerman -v- Electrolux Limited O/135/98 25 Jun 1998 PO Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â Chlormint (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o13498 25 Jun 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: CHLORMINT 1576454 25 Jun 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Bernard Frederick Fellerman -v- Electrolux Limited (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o13598 25 Jun 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Bernard Frederick Fellerman -v- Electrolux Limited - Various Gb -v- Foreign Patents O/135/98 25 Jun 1998 PO Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â British Technology Group Ltd -v- Boehringer Mannheim Corporation, Depuy Orthopaedics Inc [1998] EWHC Patents 314 25 Jun 1998 PatC Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Chlormint': Application No 1576454 OPP 42254; OPP 42254 25 Jun 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Scientific Limited, [1998] EWHC Patents 350 26 Jun 1998 PatC Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â '(Extension of Time)': Application No 1343470 REV 8834 2 Jul 1998 TMR Mr M Clarke QC Intellectual Property cw Appeals to the Appointed Person Decisions - Trade Marks - Revocation [ PO ] Â Mark: ORADENT 657167 2 Jul 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: TODAY'S GOURMET 2131497 2 Jul 1998 TMR Mr C Bowen Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Mark: ESPIRIT 2100457 2 Jul 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Oradent (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o13698 2 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â (Extension of Time) (Trade Mark: Revocation) [1998] UKIntelP o29798 2 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Espirit (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o13898 2 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Today's Gourmet': Application No 2131497 2 Jul 1998 TMR Mr C Bowen Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Mark: (Extension of Time) 1343470 2 Jul 1998 TMR Mr M G Clarke QC Intellectual Property IPO Revocation. [ IPO ] Â 'Oradent': Application No 657167 OPP 70003; OPP 70003 2 Jul 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â 'Espirit': Application No 2100457 OPP 46109; OPP 46109 2 Jul 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Hunt-Wesson Inc -v- Chocosuise [1998] EWCA Civ 1140 2 Jul 1998 CA Peter Gibson LJ, Schiemann LJ, Mantell LJ Intellectual Property The applicant had sought registration of the 'Swiss Miss' mark. Objection was raised on the ground that it was misleading in suggesting any connection with Switzerland. Held: The appeal succeeded as to some uses, but not in general. The court had a discretion to amend the registration, but should not do so in the absence of the views of the Trade Marks Registry, and the issue was therefore remitted. Trade Marks Act 1938 9 1 Cites [ Bailii ] Â Levy - Groenfeld (Extension Of Time) Rev 8834 2 Jul 1998 TMR Mr M Clarke Qc Intellectual Property Application No: 1343470 - Revocation. The claimant appealed refusal of an extension of time to file their evidence. Held: The hearing was by way of appal against an order by which the appointed person had exercised his discretion. That discretion was wide, and the appellant had to show that the discretion had been exercised unreasonably. An extension had already been granted, and no compeling reason for a further extension of time had been shown. Trade Mark Rules 1964 13 1 Cites [ PO ] Â Today'S Gourmet (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o13798 2 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Diamond (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o13998 3 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Diamond': Application No 2003382 OPP 45194; OPP 45194 3 Jul 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: DIAMOND 2003382 3 Jul 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Audimed (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o14098 6 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â J W Greaves & Sons Limited -v- Robert Anthony Kyffin - O/141/98 6 Jul 1998 PO Mr G M Bridges Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â Mark: AUDIMED 2013283 6 Jul 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Audimed': Application No 2013283 OPP 43757; OPP 43757 6 Jul 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â J W Greaves Sons Limited -v- Robert Anthony Kyffin (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o14198 6 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â J W Greaves & Sons Limited -v- Robert Anthony Kyffin - Ep 0614452 -v- Gb 2276438 O/141/98 6 Jul 1998 PO Mr G M Bridges Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Mark: POWERFUEL 2023410 7 Jul 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Powerfuel (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o14298 7 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Powerfuel': Application No 2023410 OPP 45234; OPP 45234 7 Jul 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Furfix Products Limited -v- Harold John Andrews - O/143/98 8 Jul 1998 PO Mr S N Dennehey Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â Furfix Products Limited -v- Harold John Andrews (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o14398 8 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Furfix Products Limited -v- Harold John Andrews - Gb 9509562 6 -v- Gb 9609921 3 O/143/98; O/143/98 8 Jul 1998 PO Mr S N Dennehey Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â 'Independence': Application No 2031413 OPP 45804; OPP 45804 9 Jul 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: GUEPARD & DEVICE 1482816, 1485813, 1485814, 148 9 Jul 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: INDEPENDENCE 2031413 9 Jul 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Guepard & Device': Application No 1485813 -v- 1485814 -v- 1485815 -v- 1482816 OPP 34995 / 34996 / 34997 / 35; OPP 34995 / 34996 / 34997 / 35796 9 Jul 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Independence (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o14498 9 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Guepard Device (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o14598 9 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: XE/Xe 2109330 13 Jul 1998 TMR Mr M Foley Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â 'Xe/Xe': Application No 2109330 13 Jul 1998 TMR Mr M Foley Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Xe/Xe (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o14698 13 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Paris M Herouni - Gb 9412260 3 Gb 9412243 9 Wo 95/35469 Wo 95/35470 O/147/98; O/147/98 13 Jul 1998 PO Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Paris M Herouni - O/147/98 13 Jul 1998 PO Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property PO Patent Office - Ex Parte Decisions [ PO ] Â Paris M Herouni (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o14798 13 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Western Intelligence Ltd -v- Kdo Label Printing Machines Ltd (In Administrative Receivership) Times, 15 July 1998 15 Jul 1998 ChD Intellectual Property A failure of bankers accountants and insolvency practitioners to consider properly the value of a company's intellectual property was now critical and could often make the difference in preventing phoenix companies arising from insolvencies. Â Â Silhouette International Schmied GmbH & Co KG -v- Hartlauer Handelsgesellschaft mbH; ECJ 16-Jul-1998 - Times, 22 July 1998; Gazette, 11 November 1998; [1999] Ch 77; [1998] FSR 729; C-355/96; [1998] ECR I-4799; [1998] EUECJ C-355/96; [1998] ETMR 539; [1998] 2 CMLR 953; [1998] ECR I-4799; [1998] CEC 676; [1998] All ER (EC) 769; [1998] 3 WLR 1218 Â Mark: POLACLIP 2016292 16 Jul 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Polaclip': Application No 2016292 OPP 43573; OPP 43573 16 Jul 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Polaclip (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o15098 16 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: MENTHO PLUS ARCOR 2052536 17 Jul 1998 TMR Dr W J Trott Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Â Norowzian -v- Arks Limited and Others; ChD 17-Jul-1998 - Times, 27 July 1998; Gazette, 16 September 1998; [1999] EMLR 67; [1998] EWHC 315 (Ch); [1999] FSR 79 Â Mentho Plus Arcor (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o15298 17 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Peter Pan (Trade Mark: Revocation) [1998] UKIntelP o15198 17 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Peter Pan': Application No 678189 REV 9330; REV 9330 17 Jul 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Revocation [ PO ] Â 'Mentho Plus Arcor': Application No 2052536 OPP 45989; OPP 45989 17 Jul 1998 TMR Dr W Trott Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: PETER PAN 678189 17 Jul 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Revocation. [ IPO ] Â Wyeth Spa -v- Waddington Jaycare Ltd - O/148/98 20 Jul 1998 PO Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property PO Designs - Designs/Design Right Decisions [ PO ] Â In Re 'Swiss Miss' Trademark Times, 20 July 1998 20 Jul 1998 CA Intellectual Property The test for confusion in Trade Marks context is wider than that for passing off. The use of a name which suggested manufacture in Switzerland when there was no connection with Switzerland, was misleading and deceptive and registration as trade mark was to be refused. Trade Marks Act 1994 11 Â Wyeth Spa -v- Waddington Jaycare Limited (Design) [1998] UKIntelP o14898 20 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Wyeth Spa -v- Waddington Jaycare Ltd O/148/98; O/148/98 20 Jul 1998 DR Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property cw Designs/Design Right Decisions - Designs [ PO ] Â Paul Gerard Junghans -v- Western Atlas International Inc (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o14998 21 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Paul Gerard Junghans -v- Western Atlas International Inc - O/149/98 21 Jul 1998 PO Mr S P Rowan Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â Paul Gerard Junghans -v- Western Atlas International Inc - Gb9505804 6 O/149/98; O/149/98 21 Jul 1998 PO Mr S P Rowan Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Â Mark: MENTAL; TMR 22-Jul-1998 - 2025871 Â Â Mark: (DEVICE) SHOE REINFORCEMENT; TMR 22-Jul-1998 - 2038186 Â '(Device) Shoe Reinforcement': Application No 2038186 22 Jul 1998 TMR Mrs A Pritchard Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Mental (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o15498 22 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Mental': Application No 2025871 OPP 44745; OPP 44745 22 Jul 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â (Device) Shoe Reinforcement (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o15398 22 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Â British Telecommunications Plc; Virgin Enterprises Ltd; J Sainsbury Plc; Marks & Spencer Plc and Ladbroke Group Plc -v- One In a Million Ltd and others; CA 23-Jul-1998 - Times, 29 July 1998; Gazette, 30 September 1998; [1998] EWCA Civ 1272; [1999] FSR 1; [1999] 1 WLR 903; [1998] 4 All ER 476 Â Cmi-Centres for Medical Innovation, Dr Christoph Von Keudell [1998] EWHC Patents 308 23 Jul 1998 PatC Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Bruce Alan Milner -v- Dixon International Group Limited - Gb 2212505 O/164/98 24 Jul 1998 PO Mr G M Bridges Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Bruce Alan Milner -v- Dixon International Group Limited - O/164/98 24 Jul 1998 PO Mr G M Bridges Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â '(Shape) Circular Compressed Tablet': Application No 2125372 24 Jul 1998 TMR Mr R Evans Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Bruce Alan Milner -v- Dixon International Group Limited (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o16498 24 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â (Shape) Circular Compressed Tablet (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o15598 24 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: (SHAPE) CIRCULAR COMPRESSED TABLET 2125372 24 Jul 1998 TMR Mr R Evans Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Hoechst Celanese Corporation -v- Bp Chemicals Ltd and Another Times, 27 July 1998 27 Jul 1998 CA Intellectual Property There is no rebuttable presumption that words used in a patent specification had been used in a technical sense, but instead the interpretation of the words was to be found in the case of ambiguity from the context in which they were used. Convention on the Grant of European Patents Protocol on Interpretation of art 69TS20 1978 Cmd 7090 Â Ceraglow (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o15698 28 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: CERAGLOW 1570241 28 Jul 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Ceraglow': Application No 1570241 OPP 42075; OPP 42075 28 Jul 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Dr Frederick Wilde -v- Imperial Chemical Industries Plc - Gb 9406423 5 -v- Pct/Gb95/00554 O/159/98; O/159/98 29 Jul 1998 PO Mr G M Bridges Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Discovision Associates, Pioneer Electronics Capital Ltd & Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc -v- Disctronics (UK) Ltd, Disctronics Manufacturing (UK) Ltd, Disctronics Europe Ltd & Disctronics Imports Ltd [1998] EWHC Patents 307 29 Jul 1998 PatC Intellectual Property 1 Cites [ Bailii ] Â Dr Frederick Wilde -v- Imperial Chemical Industries Plc (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o15998 29 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Dr Frederick Wilde -v- Imperial Chemical Industries Plc - O/159/98 29 Jul 1998 PO Mr G M Bridges Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â Aea Technology Plc -v- Peter Read (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o16698 30 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: (SHAPE) JAR 2103377 31 Jul 1998 TMR Mr A Pike Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Mark: VISA 2012498 31 Jul 1998 TMR Mr P Lawrence Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Visa (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o15898 31 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Visa': Application No 2012498 OPP 43886; OPP 43886 31 Jul 1998 TMR Mr P Lawrence Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â '(Shape) Jar': Application No 2103377 31 Jul 1998 TMR Mr A Pike Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â (Shape) Jar (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o15798 31 Jul 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'As$Et': Application No 2100504 7 Aug 1998 TMR Miss J McNeill Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Mark: AS$ET 2100504 7 Aug 1998 TMR Miss J McNeill Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â As$Et (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o16098 7 Aug 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Manhattan Bagel': Application No 2001367 OPP 43102; OPP 43102 11 Aug 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: DR GRIP 1507425 11 Aug 1998 TMR Mr D Morgan Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Dr Grip': Application No 1507425 OPP 37748; OPP 37748 11 Aug 1998 TMR Mr D Morgan Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Dr Grip (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o16198 11 Aug 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: MANHATTAN BAGEL 2001367 11 Aug 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Manhattan Bagel (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o16298 11 Aug 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Prosports Device (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o16398 13 Aug 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: PROSPORTS & DEVICE 1557308 13 Aug 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Prosports & Device': Application No 1557308 OPP 44096 13 Aug 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Ht (Trade Mark: Revocation) [1998] UKIntelP o16598 14 Aug 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Ht': Application No 1024292 REV 9581; REV 9581 14 Aug 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Revocation [ PO ] Â Mark: HT 1024292 14 Aug 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Revocation. [ IPO ] Â 'Club Europe & Device': Application No 1360373 OPP 41936 / 41935; OPP 41936 / 41935 17 Aug 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Club Europe Device (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o16798 17 Aug 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: CLUB EUROPE & DEVICE 1360373 17 Aug 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Balmoral 18 Aug 1998 TMR Mr Hobbs Qc Intellectual Property PO Trade Marks - Appeals to the Appointed Person Decisions - Application No: 2003949 [ PO ] Â '(Shape) Cushion': Application No 1577296 18 Aug 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Mark: (SHAPE) CUSHION 1577271, 1577275 18 Aug 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. Trade Marks Act 1994 1 Citers [ IPO ] Â Mark: (SHAPE) CUSHION (No 2) 1577296 18 Aug 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. 1 Cites [ IPO ] Â (Shape) Cushion (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o16898 18 Aug 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Balmoral': Application No 2003949 18 Aug 1998 TMR Mr Hobbs QC Intellectual Property cw Appeals to the Appointed Person Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Balmoral (Trade Mark: Appointed Person) 2003949; [1998] UKIntelP o30498 18 Aug 1998 IPO Mr Geoffrey Hobbs QC Intellectual Property IPO Appointed Person. [ IPO ] - [ Bailii ] Â (Shape) Cushion (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o16998 18 Aug 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â '(Shape) Cushion': Application No 1577271 & 1577275 18 Aug 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Spectra-Tech Inc - Gb 9718771 0 O/171/98 19 Aug 1998 PO Mr S N Dennehey Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Colt Men (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o17098 19 Aug 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Spectra-Tech Inc (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o17198 19 Aug 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Spectra-Tech Inc - O/171/98 19 Aug 1998 PO Mr S N Dennehey Intellectual Property PO Patent Office - Ex Parte Decisions [ PO ] Â 'Colt Men': Application No 1577952 OPP 42567 19 Aug 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: COLT MEN 1577952 19 Aug 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: SYNT 2050765 20 Aug 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Bristol-Myers Squibb Company -v- Baker Norton Pharmaceuticals Inc, Napro Biotherapeutics Inc [1998] EWHC Patents 300 20 Aug 1998 PatC Intellectual Property 1 Cites 1 Citers [ Bailii ] Â 'Synt': Application No 2050765 OPP 45062 20 Aug 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Synt (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o17298 20 Aug 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Inega (Trade Mark: Rectification) [1998] UKIntelP o17398 21 Aug 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Inega': Application No 1035674 REC 9776; REC 9776 21 Aug 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Rectification [ PO ] Â Mark: INEGA 1035674 21 Aug 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Rectification. [ IPO ] Â Passion Attack (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o17498 25 Aug 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: PASSION ATTACK 2060218 25 Aug 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Passion Attack': Application No 2060218 OPP 45564; OPP 45564 25 Aug 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â 'Camoris': Application No 2111766 26 Aug 1998 TMR Mr A Pike Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Camoris (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o17598 26 Aug 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: CAMORIS 2111766 26 Aug 1998 TMR Mr A Pike Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â 'Minerva': Application No 1372819 OPP 46677; OPP 46677 27 Aug 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: MINERVA 1372819 27 Aug 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Minerva (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o17698 27 Aug 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Sterling Fluid Systems Limited -v- Andrew Sykes Group Plc O/195/98; O/195/98 2 Sep 1998 DR Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property cw Designs/Design Right Decisions - Designs [ PO ] Â Sterling Fluid Systems Limited -v- Andrew Sykes Group Plc - O/195/98 2 Sep 1998 PO Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property PO Designs - Designs/Design Right Decisions [ PO ] Â Sterling Fluid Systems Limited -v- Andrew Sykes Group Plc (Design) [1998] UKIntelP o19598 2 Sep 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Marine Coral Co Ltd -v- Nobuo Someya - Gb 2201408B O/177/98; O/177/98 3 Sep 1998 PO Mr G M Bridges Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Mark: MARIO VALENTINO 1327860 3 Sep 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Marine Coral Co Ltd -v- Nobuo Someya (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o17798 3 Sep 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mario Valentino (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o17898 3 Sep 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Marine Coral Co Ltd -v- Nobuo Someya - O/177/98 3 Sep 1998 PO Mr G M Bridges Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â 'Mario Valentino': Application No 1327860 OPP 41790; OPP 41790 3 Sep 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Climate Master (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o17998 8 Sep 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: CLIMATE MASTER 1514734 8 Sep 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Climate Master': Application No 1514734 OPP 42357; OPP 42357 8 Sep 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Jumelle (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o18098 9 Sep 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Hermes International -v- FHT Marketing Gazette, 09 September 1998; C-53/96; Ecj/Cfi Bulletin 16/98; [1998] EUECJ C-53/96 9 Sep 1998 ECJ Intellectual Property, European Where interim orders had been granted following seizure of goods under TRIPS agreement, the court gave guidance on what characteristics where required for it to be considered provisional measures under TRIPS and so imposed time limits. ECJ Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation - TRIPS Agreement - Article 177 of the Treaty - Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice - Article 50 of the TRIPS Agreement - Provisional measures Council Decision 94/800/EC Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) 1 Citers [ Europa ] - [ Bailii ] Â Mark: JUMELLE 2024561 9 Sep 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: ENER-CAP 2108583 10 Sep 1998 TMR Mr S Thorley QC Intellectual Property IPO Appointed Person. [ IPO ] Â Ener-Cap (Trade Mark: Appointed Person) [1998] UKIntelP o29598 10 Sep 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Ener-Cap': Application No 2108583 10 Sep 1998 TMR Mr S Thorley Intellectual Property cw Appeals to the Appointed Person Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Ener-Cap 10 Sep 1998 TMR Mr S Thorley Qc Intellectual Property PO Trade Marks - Appeals to the Appointed Person Decisions - Application No: 2108583 [ PO ] Â Â Customflex Limited and Bullivant and Paterson -v- Peckitt; IPO 15-Sep-1998 - [1998] UKIntelP o18398 Â Customflex Limited And Michael Bullivant And David Paterson -v- Ninian Spenceley Peckitt - O/183/98 15 Sep 1998 PO Mr S N Dennehey Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â Customflex Limited and Michael Bullivant and David Paterson -v- Ninian Spenceley Peckitt - Gb 2318058A O/183/98 15 Sep 1998 PO Mr S N Dennehey Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â 19Th Hole (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o18198 16 Sep 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Stateline (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o18298 16 Sep 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: 19TH HOLE 2058215 16 Sep 1998 TMR Mr G Salthouse Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: STATELINE 1509788 16 Sep 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â '19Th Hole': Application No 2058215 OPP 45536; OPP 45536 16 Sep 1998 TMR Mr G Salthouse Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â 'Stateline': Application No 1509788 OPP 39634; OPP 39634 16 Sep 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Bin Wang, Nianguo Ye and Hongchang Ren -v- Xiabin Bai and Xibin Zhang - Gb 2311173 O/184/98; O/184/98 18 Sep 1998 PO Mr S P Rowan Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Bin Wang, Nianguo Ye and Hongchang Ren -v- Xiabin Bai and Xibin Zhang (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o18498 18 Sep 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Bin Wang, Nianguo Ye And Hongchang Ren -v- Xiabin Bai And Xibin Zhang - O/184/98 18 Sep 1998 PO Mr S P Rowan Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â 'Leatherwood': Application No 2017358 OPP 45417 21 Sep 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: LEATHERWOOD 2017358 21 Sep 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: FORM ONLY (TOASTER) 2023846 21 Sep 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: SOLARASE 2122010 21 Sep 1998 TMR Mr M Foley Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â 'Form Only (Toaster)': Application No 2023846 OPP 46522 21 Sep 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â 'Solarase': Application No 2122010 21 Sep 1998 TMR Mr M Foley Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Leatherwood (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o18598 21 Sep 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Form Only (Toaster) (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o18698 21 Sep 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Solarase (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o18798 21 Sep 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Man O Man (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o18898 24 Sep 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Bank of Scotland -v- Dunedin Property Investment Co Ltd Times, 24 September 1998; 1998 SC 658 24 Sep 1998 IHCS Lord President (Rodger Intellectual Property, Contract, Scotland Issue of loan stock supported by charge for 'all costs charges and expenses incurred' this included the breakage cost of the bank in setting up interest-rate swap arrangements to protect itself against swings in costs. 1 Cites 1 Citers Â Mark: MAN O MAN 2104511 24 Sep 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Man O Man': Application No 2104511 OPP 46271; OPP 46271 24 Sep 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Â Bolkiah -v- KPMG (A Firm); ChD 25-Sep-1998 - Times, 25 September 1998 Â Canon Kabushiki Kaisha -v- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer C-39/97; [1999] RPC 117; [1998] ECR I-5507; [1998] EUECJ C-39/97 29 Sep 1998 ECJ European, Intellectual Property In a complaint of trade mark infringement, and when comparing the mark and sign, a lesser degree of similarity between the marks may be offset by a greater degree of similarity between the goods/services and vice versa. Europa On a proper construction of Article 4(1)(b) of First Council Directive 89/104 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks, the distinctive character of the earlier trade mark, and in particular its reputation, must be taken into account when determining whether the similarity between the goods or services covered by the two trade marks is sufficient to give rise to the likelihood of confusion. The likelihood of confusion must be appreciated globally, taking into account all factors relevant to the circumstances of the case. That global assessment implies some interdependence between the relevant factors, and in particular a similarity between the trade marks and between the goods and services covered by those marks. Accordingly, a lesser degree of similarity between those goods or services may be offset by a greater degree of similarity between the marks, and vice versa. However, since the more distinctive the earlier mark, the greater the risk of confusion, trade marks with a highly distinctive character, either per se or because of the reputation they possess on the market, enjoy broader protection than marks with less distinctive character. Accordingly, for the purposes of Article 4(1)(b), registration of a trade mark may have to be refused, despite a lesser degree of similarity between the goods or services covered, where the marks are very similar and the earlier mark, in particular its reputation, is highly distinctive. Even if such an interpretation may make the registration procedure much lengthier, it is, in any event, for reasons of legal certainty and proper administration, necessary to ensure that trade marks whose use could successfully be challenged before the courts are not registered. For the purposes of applying Article 4(1)(b) of First Directive 89/104 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks, even where one trade mark is identical to another with a highly distinctive character, it is still necessary to adduce evidence of similarity between the goods or services covered. In contrast to Article 4(4)(a), which expressly refers to the situation in which the goods or services are not similar, Article 4(1)(b) provides that the likelihood of confusion presupposes that the goods or services covered are identical or similar. In assessing the similarity of the goods or services concerned, all the relevant factors relating to those goods or services themselves should be taken into account. Those factors include, inter alia, their nature, their end users and their method of use and whether they are in competition with each other or are complementary. There is a likelihood of confusion within the meaning of Article 4(1)(b) of First Directive 89/104 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks where the public can be mistaken as to the origin of the goods or services in question. Article 2 of the directive provides that a trade mark must be capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one undertaking from those of other undertakings, while the tenth recital in the preamble to the directive states that the function of the protection conferred by the mark is primarily to guarantee the indication of origin. The essential function of the trade mark is to guarantee the identity of the origin of the marked product to the consumer or end user by enabling him, without any possibility of confusion, to distinguish the product or service from others which have another origin. Furthermore, for the trade mark to be able to fulfil its essential role in the system of undistorted competition which the Treaty seeks to establish, it must offer a guarantee that all the goods or services bearing it have originated under the control of a single undertaking which is responsible for their quality. Accordingly, there may be a likelihood of confusion within the meaning of Article 4(1)(b) even where the public perception is that the goods or services have different places of production. By contrast, there can be no such likelihood where it does not appear that the public could believe that the goods or services come from the same undertaking or, as the case may be, from economically-linked undertakings. Council Directive 89/104 1 Citers [ Europa ] - [ Bailii ] Â Rapid Sportsline (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o18998 29 Sep 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: RAPID SPORTSLINE 1529089 29 Sep 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Rapid Sportsline': Application No 1529089 OPP 46927; OPP 46927 29 Sep 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: ZIPPO 1259243 1 Oct 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Invalidity. [ IPO ] Â Zippo (Trade Mark: Invalidity) [1998] UKIntelP o19098 1 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Zippo': Application No 1259243 INV 8551; INV 8551 1 Oct 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Invalidity [ PO ] Â Victor John Colley (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o19198 2 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Victor John Colley - Gb 9517077 5 O/191/98; GB 9517077 5 2 Oct 1998 PO Mr D J Barford Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Victor John Colley - O/191/98 O/191/98 2 Oct 1998 PO Mr D J Barford Intellectual Property PO Patent Office - Ex Parte Decisions [ PO ] Â 'Homework Helpers': Application No 2049205 OPP 46850; OPP 46850 6 Oct 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Homework Helpers (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o19298 6 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: HOMEWORK HELPERS 2049205 6 Oct 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'the 20/20 Optical Store': Application No 2103373 REC 10102; REC 10102 7 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Rectification [ PO ] Â 'Lemonhead': Application No 2038020 OPP 44959; OPP 44959 7 Oct 1998 TMR Dr W Trott Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Lemonhead (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o19398 7 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Â Scandecor Development Ab -v- Scandecor Marketing Ab and Another (No 2); CA 7-Oct-1998 - Times, 07 October 1998; [1998] EWCA Civ 1282; [1998] EWCA Civ 808 Â The 20/20 Optical Store (Trade Mark: Rectification) [1998] UKIntelP o19498 7 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: LEMONHEAD 2038020 7 Oct 1998 TMR Dr W J Trott Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: THE 20/20 OPTICAL STORE 2103373 7 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Rectification. [ IPO ] Â Mark: CONTURA 1589316 12 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: WISDOM CONTOUR 2008229 12 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Contura (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o19798 12 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: (SHAPE) BLUE BOTTLE 2162950 12 Oct 1998 TMR Mr A Pike Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â '(Device) Red Line': Application No 2103658 12 Oct 1998 TMR Mr A Pike Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks [ PO ] Â 'Contura': Application No 1589316 OPP 44495; OPP 44495 12 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â '(Shape) Blue Bottle': Application No 2162950 12 Oct 1998 TMR Mr A Pike Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Wisdom Contour (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o19698 12 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â (Device) Red Line (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o19998 12 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â (Shape) Blue Bottle (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o19898 12 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: (DEVICE) RED LINE 2103658 12 Oct 1998 TMR Mr A Pike Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â 'Wisdom Contour': Application No 2008229 OPP 44778 12 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: JACK & DANNY'S ROCK CAFÃ‰ 2004452 13 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Jack & Danny's Rock Cafe': Application No 2004452 OPP 43645; OPP 43645 13 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Jack Danny's Rock Cafe (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o20098 13 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: ROUGHNECK 1583249 14 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: GYMBO 1577116 14 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Foley Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Brooks -v- Olysager Oms (Uk) Ltd Irlr 590 Gazette, 14 October 1998 14 Oct 1998 CA Intellectual Property An employer was unable to prevent an employee making true if very embarrassing disclosures about its business after the end of the employment without a contract to that effect. There is no implied duty of confidentiality continuing after employment ends. Â Roughneck (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o20198 14 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Roughneck': Application No 1583249 OPP 42901; OPP 42901 14 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â 'Gymbo': Application No 1577116 OPP 42844; OPP 42844 14 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Foley Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Gymbo (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o20298 14 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Na Na (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o20398 15 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Na Na': Application No 1481619 OPP 41716; OPP 41716 15 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: NA NA 1481619 15 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Bourns Inc -v- Raychem Corporation, Clifford Chance, Row & Maw, Latham & Watkins Times, 26 November 1998; [1999] FSR 641; [1999] 3 All ER 154 17 Oct 1998 PatC Costs, Intellectual Property, Evidence Where a party sought disclosure of documents in support an application in a costs taxation, the payee could choose not to disclose, but if he did so the payer was bound by implied undertakings to use them only for the purposes of that application and no other. 1 Cites 1 Citers Â Mark: AMERICA 2048547 20 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Baby Dan -v- Brevi Srl, Trend Europa Limited [1998] EWHC Patents 291 20 Oct 1998 PatC Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â America (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o20598 20 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Lester Abbott - O/222/98 20 Oct 1998 PO Mr D J Barford Intellectual Property PO Patent Office - Ex Parte Decisions [ PO ] Â Lester Abbott - Gb 9800716 4 O/222/98; O/222/98 20 Oct 1998 PO Mr D J Barford Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â 'Perry Ellis America': Application No 2055481 OPP 45516 20 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â First for Finance (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o20698 20 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'First for Finance': Application No 2104830 20 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Foley Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Mark: FIRST FOR FINANCE 2104830 20 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Foley Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Mark: PERRY ELLIS AMERICA 2055481 20 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Lester Abbott (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o22298 20 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Perry Ellis America (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o20498 20 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'America': Application No 2048547 OPP 45230 20 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Cdx (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o20898 21 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Affinity (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o20798 21 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: CDX 1562164 21 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: AFFINITY 1588293, 1588294 21 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Cdx': Application No 1562164 OPP 43311; OPP 43311 21 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â 'Affinity': Application No 1588293/4 OPP 47411/2; OPP 47411/2 21 Oct 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Â Bolkiah -v- KPMG (A Firm); CA 22-Oct-1998 - Gazette, 04 November 1998; Times, 22 October 1998; Gazette, 28 October 1998; [1998] EWCA Civ 1563; [1998] EWCA Civ 1564 Â Peter Antony Hulmes (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o20998 22 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Andrew Kenneth Fletcher - O/235/98 22 Oct 1998 PO Mr H J Edwards Intellectual Property PO Patent Office - Ex Parte Decisions [ PO ] Â Peter Antony Hulmes - Gb 2185221 O/209/98 22 Oct 1998 PO Mr P E Redding Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Andrew Kenneth Fletcher - Pct/Gb 98/00321 O/235/98; O/235/98 22 Oct 1998 PO Mr H J Edwards Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Andrew Kenneth Fletcher (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o23598 22 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Peter Antony Hulmes O/209/98 22 Oct 1998 PO Mr P E Redding Intellectual Property PO Patent Office - Ex Parte Decisions [ PO ] Â Cabc Team Lotus (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o21098 23 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Cabc Team Lotus': Application No 2011973 OPP 45584; OPP 45584 23 Oct 1998 TMR Dr W Trott Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: CABC TEAM LOTUS 2011973 23 Oct 1998 TMR Dr W J Trott Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â French -v- Paul Julian Mason, Acme Jewellery Limited [1998] EWHC Patents 290 23 Oct 1998 PatC Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Acr Modified Works Team Spec 50 (Trade Mark: Invalidity) [1998] UKIntelP o21298 27 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â ''Jois & Jo'': Application No 2068848 OPP 46319; OPP 46319 27 Oct 1998 TMR Mr G Salthouse Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Sterling Fluid Systems Limited -v- Andrew Sykes Group Plc - O/213/98 27 Oct 1998 PO Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property PO Designs - Designs/Design Right Decisions [ PO ] Â 'Jois Jo' (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o21198 27 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Acr Modified Works Team Spec 5 0': Application No 2000023 INV 9728; INV 9728 27 Oct 1998 TMR Mr G Salthouse Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Invalidity [ PO ] Â Mark: ACR MODIFIED WORKS TEAM SPEC 5.0 2000023 27 Oct 1998 TMR Mr G Salthouse Intellectual Property IPO Invalidity. [ IPO ] Â Mark: 'JOIS & JO' 2068848 27 Oct 1998 TMR Mr G Salthouse Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Sterling Fluid Systems Limited -v- Andrew Sykes Group Plc O/213/98; O/213/98 27 Oct 1998 DR Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property cw Designs/Design Right Decisions - Designs [ PO ] Â Sterling Fluid Systems Limited -v- Andrew Sykes Group Plc (Design) [1998] UKIntelP o21398 27 Oct 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Â Auchinloss; Antec International Limited -v- Agricultural and Veterinary Supplies Limited; Rooney; South Western Chicks Limited and South Western Chicks (Warren) Limited; CA 29-Oct-1998 - [1998] EWCA Civ 1642 Â Roger Medcalf -v- Terence Mardell, Michael Kemp, British Broadcasting Corporation Terry Mardell Organisation Ltd [1998] EWCA Civ 1663 2 Nov 1998 CA Morritt LJ Contract, Intellectual Property Application for stay of execution pending appeal. 1 Citers [ Bailii ] Â 'Laura': Application No 2119687 4 Nov 1998 TMR Mr M Foley Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Macmillan, Inc (Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of Delaware, Usa) MCC Proceeds Inc -v- Bishopsgate Investment Trust Plc (No 4) Times, 07 December 1998; [1998] EWCA Civ 1680; [1998] EWCA Civ 1679; [1999] CLC 417 4 Nov 1998 CA Jurisdiction, Commercial, Intellectual Property When a court came to be obliged to decide issues of foreign law which were in substance issues of fact, and experts disagreed, it had to do so, and the Court of Appeal had to come to its own conclusions respecting the circumstances in first instance court 1 Citers [ Bailii ] - [ Bailii ] Â Laura (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o21498 4 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: LAURA 2119687 4 Nov 1998 TMR Mr M Foley Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Celanese International Corporation and Another -v- Bp Chemicals Ltd and Another Times, 05 November 1998 5 Nov 1998 ChD Intellectual Property A plaintiff alleging infringement of a patent and choosing an account of profits rather than damages, was entitled to assume that the defendant traded as an agent for the plaintiff and take his profits limited to the trading enabled by the infringement. Â Mother Pucker'S Citrus Brew (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o21698 5 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Mother Pucker's Citrus Brew': Application No 2027747 OPP 45700; OPP 45700 5 Nov 1998 TMR Dr W Trott Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: MOTHER PUCKER'S CITRUS BREW 2027747 5 Nov 1998 TMR Dr W J Trott Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: MEDIA LOGIC 2111279 6 Nov 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Media Logic (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o22098 6 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â British Telecom Plc -v- A C Egerton Ltd (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o21998 6 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Media Logic': Application No 2111279 OPP 46684; OPP 46684 6 Nov 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â British Telecom Plc -v- A C Egerton Ltd - Ep(Uk) 0683925 O/219/98 6 Nov 1998 PO Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Â Henry Brothers (Magherafelt) Ltd -v- Ministry of Defence Northern Ireland Office; CA 6-Nov-1998 - [1998] EWCA Civ 1708 Â British Telecom Plc -v- A C Egerton Ltd - O/219/98 6 Nov 1998 PO Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â 'Liquid Force': Application No 2069509 OPP 46366 10 Nov 1998 TMR Mr G Hobbs Intellectual Property cw Appeals to the Appointed Person Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: (SHAPE) DUMPY BOTTLE 2012542 10 Nov 1998 TMR Mr R A Jones Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â '(Shape) Dumpy Bottle': Application No 2012542 10 Nov 1998 TMR Mr R Jones Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Liquid Force Opp 46366 10 Nov 1998 TMR Mr G Hobbs Qc Intellectual Property PO Trade Marks - Appeals to the Appointed Person Decisions - Application No: 2069509 - Opposition [ PO ] Â (Shape) Dumpy Bottle (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o22198 10 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: QS BY S OLIVER 2012128 11 Nov 1998 TMR Mr G Salthouse Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Qs By S Oliver': Application No 2012128 OPP 46098 11 Nov 1998 TMR Mr G Salthouse Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Qs By S Oliver (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o22398 11 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Liberty': Application No 2069285 13 Nov 1998 TMR Mr D Landau Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Hadley Industries Plc -v- Metal Sections Limited, Metsec (UK) Limited Times, 28 October 1999; [1998] EWHC Patents 284 13 Nov 1998 PatC Intellectual Property A court no longer has the discretion as to whether to amend a patent upon application, but must, following European practice, do so when a proper application is made. This is the case despite the clear wording of the English Act. A judge at first instance should be careful to follow a line of cases also at first instance so as to avoid uncertainty: "I do not pretend that I would have regarded the point as at all easy, if it had been virgin territory. It would be wrong to leave this case with the impression that I regard the decisions of the three judges as clearly right or, indeed, as wrong. What I do think is that the arguments that I have been presented with do not justify me in departing from those decisions. I consider that the arguments that have been addressed to me are arguments which should be addressed to the Court of Appeal. For my part, I await their decision with interest. For me, I think the right course must be to follow Laddie J, Pumfrey J and Jacob J. Whether one characterises that course as craven or prudent no doubt depends on whether one is [the defendant] or the [claimant]." Patents Act 1977 75 1 Cites 1 Citers [ Bailii ] Â Multotec Cyclones (Propriety) Limited -v- The University Of Newcastle Research Associates Limited O/226/98 13 Nov 1998 PO Mr A C Howard Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â Loblite Limited -v- Caradon Mk Electric Limited O/227/98 13 Nov 1998 PO Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â French -v- Mason and Another Times, 13 November 1998 13 Nov 1998 ChD Intellectual Property A constructive trust can only arise as against a legal owner only by virtue of an unconscionable act by the legal owner. A claim by an employee against an employer in respect of ownership of a patent was unlikely to succeed. Patents Act 1977 39 Â Mark: LIBERTY 2069285 13 Nov 1998 TMR Mr D Landau Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Mark: MEDILINK 1541005, 1555416 13 Nov 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Loblite Limited -v- Caradon Mk Electric Limited O/227/98; Gb 2269485 13 Nov 1998 PO Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Multotec Cyclones (Propriety) Limited -v- the University of Newcastle Research Associates Limited - Ep(Uk) 0261968 O/226/98; O/226/98 13 Nov 1998 PO Mr A C Howard Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â 'Medilink': Application No 1541005 -v- 1555416 OPP 42210; OPP 42210 13 Nov 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Multotec Cyclones (Propriety) Limited -v- The University of Newcastle Research Associates Limited (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o22698 13 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Medilink (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o22598 13 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Loblite Limited -v- Caradon Mk Electric Limited (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o22798 13 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Liberty (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o22498 13 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: TOON ARMY 1528428 16 Nov 1998 TMR Mr M Foley Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Toon Army (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o22898 16 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Toon Army': Application No 1528428 OPP 42565; OPP 42565 16 Nov 1998 TMR Mr M Foley Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mark: CLUB & CLUB SODA 1017971, 1028476, 1056537, 131 17 Nov 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Revocation. [ IPO ] Â 'Minilite': Application No 1415893 REV 8717; REV 8717 17 Nov 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Revocation [ PO ] Â 'Soda-Club': Application No 1455166 OPP 33238; OPP 33238 17 Nov 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â 'Club & Club Soda': Application No 13124 -v- 573056 -v- 76876 -v- 1017971 -v- 1056537 -v- 1028476 REC 7980 / 7981 / 7982 / 7983; REC 7980 / 7981 / 7982 / 7983 / 7984 / 8072 17 Nov 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Rectification [ PO ] Â 'Club & Club Soda': Application No 13124 -v- 573056 -v- 76876 -v- 1017971 -v- 1056537 -v- 1028476 REV 8614 / 8615 / 8616 / 8617; REV 8614 / 8615 / 8616 / 8617 / 8618 / 8619 17 Nov 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Revocation [ PO ] Â Club Club Soda (Trade Mark: Rectification) [1998] UKIntelP o22998 17 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: MINILITE 1415893 17 Nov 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Revocation. [ IPO ] Â Soda-Club (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o23198 17 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Minilite (Trade Mark: Revocation) [1998] UKIntelP o23298 17 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: CLUB & CLUB SODA 1017971, 1028476, 1056537, 131 17 Nov 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Rectification. [ IPO ] Â Mark: SODA-CLUB 1455166 17 Nov 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Club Club Soda (Trade Mark: Revocation) [1998] UKIntelP o23098 17 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: GAMESTERNET 2110514 18 Nov 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Gamesternet (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o23398 18 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Gamesternet': Application No 2110514 OPP 46712; OPP 46712 18 Nov 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Precast Micro Injection Pile Technology Limited -v- Precast Micro Injection Pile Sdn Bhd - O/234/98 19 Nov 1998 PO Mr D L Wood Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â Precast Micro Injection Pile Technology Limited -v- Precast Micro Injection Pile Sdn Bhd - Gb 2189533 O/234/98; O/234/98 19 Nov 1998 PO Mr D L Wood Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Precast Micro Injection Pile Technology Limited -v- Precast Micro Injection Pile Sdn Bhd (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o23498 19 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: SOULEDGE 2068253 24 Nov 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: ASK 2055655 24 Nov 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: MIRADENT 657165 24 Nov 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Ask (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o23798 24 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Souledge': Application No 2068253 OPP 45735; OPP 45735 24 Nov 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â 'Ask': Application No 2055655 OPP 46811; OPP 46811 24 Nov 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â 'Miradent': Application No 657165 OPP 70002; OPP 70002 24 Nov 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Souledge (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o23698 24 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Miradent (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o23898 24 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â News Bunny (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o24298 26 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: MINI CLAW 2042514 26 Nov 1998 TMR Dr W J Trott Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: NEWS BUNNY 2049216 26 Nov 1998 TMR Dr W J Trott Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: SPRINGER 2041422 26 Nov 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Rectification. [ IPO ] Â Mark: BDP 2137585 26 Nov 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Rectification. [ IPO ] Â Mark: RENE GARRAUD 1488215 26 Nov 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Rectification. [ IPO ] Â Springer (Trade Mark: Rectification) [1998] UKIntelP o24198 26 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Union Carbide Corporation -v- BP Chemicals Limited [1998] EWCA Civ 1864 26 Nov 1998 CA Simon Brown LJ, Aldous LJ, Mantell LJ Intellectual Property Discussion on form of judgment. 1 Cites 1 Citers [ Bailii ] Â 'Rene Garraud': Application No 1488215 REC 10308 26 Nov 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Rectification [ PO ] Â 'Bdp': Application No 2137585 REC 10265; REC 10265 26 Nov 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Rectification [ PO ] Â 'Springer': Application No 2041422 REC 10307; REC 10307 26 Nov 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Rectification [ PO ] Â 'News Bunny': Application No 2049216 OPP 45785; OPP 45785 26 Nov 1998 TMR Dr W Trott Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Mini Claw (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o24398 26 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Mini Claw': Application No 2042514 OPP 45261; OPP 45261 26 Nov 1998 TMR Dr W Trott Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Bdp (Trade Mark: Rectification) [1998] UKIntelP o24098 26 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Union Carbide Corporation -v- BP Chemicals Limited [1998] EWCA Civ 1863 26 Nov 1998 CA Aldous LJ Intellectual Property The parties alleged and denied infringement of patents and sought declarations that patents were invalid and sought revocation. 1 Cites [ Bailii ] Â Rene Garraud (Trade Mark: Rectification) [1998] UKIntelP o23998 26 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: WACKERS 2022287 27 Nov 1998 TMR Mr G Salthouse Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Wackers (Trade Mark: Opposition) OPP 45429; [1998] UKIntelP o24698; O/246/98 27 Nov 1998 IPO Mr G Salthouse Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition - The opponents filed evidence to say that they had first commenced to use the mark WACKERS from 1993 and goods (a game known as “Pogs”) were sold in the USA through such companies as Walmart during 1994 and 1995. The goods were also exhibited at trade shows from 1993-1995 in Los Angeles, New York and Las Vegas. They also claimed to have been in active negotiations with a marketing company in London and provided samples to that company and a couple of others. The total value of goods provided prior to the relevant date was less than $2000 dollars. The opponents also filed information from a special investigator who had been requested to investigate the applicants business. A Mrs Dowsett stated that she had contacted a Ms Pearce, a marketing assistant, who told her that Mr Mackay, a director of the applicants, visited many conferences and exhibitions around the world to obtain ideas for children’s toys etc and that he had seen the idea for WACKERS in the USA. Mr Mackay filed evidence on behalf of the applicants. He stated that he had been employed by Allied Domecq for sixteen years. That company owns the brand name WACKY WAREHOUSE which is used for children’s play areas in public houses. When he formed his own company he worked with the originators of the WACKY WAREHOUSE concept, particularly in the area of developing new toys for such play areas. The name WACKERS was chosen as an apt name for a game consisting of one disc hitting another as it was easily associated with the name WACKY WAREHOUSE. A search had been carried out and the application for registration was filed. Mr Mackay explained that he had been told about the game ‘Pogs’ by a Mr King, a representative of Big Joe Slammers, an American company. As regards the investigators report Mr Mackay produced a written contemporaneous record of the conversation between Ms Dowsett and MsPearce and it did not support the allegations made by Ms Dowsett. Additionally he claimed that no-one from his company had visited America prior to 1996 and the name WACKERS was being used in proposals in February and March, 1995. The Hearing Officer accepted the applicants version of events and concluded that the application had not been filed in bad faith. Opposition thus failed on this ground. Under Section 5(4)(a) - Passing Off - the Hearing Officer concluded that that ground of opposition must fail because there was no proof that the applicants had any reputation or goodwill in the mark in the UK at the relevant date. [ PO ] - [ Bailii ] Â Mark: SEDUCTION 1273739 27 Nov 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Revocation. [ IPO ] Â Mark: ACADEMY 1301046 27 Nov 1998 TMR Mr G Salthouse Intellectual Property IPO Revocation. [ IPO ] Â Denny Brothers Printing Limited -v- David John Instance (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o24898 27 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Academy (Trade Mark: Revocation) REV 9214; [1998] UKIntelP o24598; O/245/98 27 Nov 1998 IPO Mr G Salthouse Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Revocation - Result Section 46(1) - Application partially successful. Points Of Interest 1. The applicant for revocation had cast doubt on the authenticity of the invoices and exhibits filed by the registered proprietors. The Hearing Officer concluded that these claims had not been substantiated and he ordered the deletion of paragraph 28 of the applicant’s affidavit. 2. Both parties appealed the Hearing Officer's decision to the Appointed Person. In his decision dated 4 May 2000 (SRIS O/169/00) the Appointed Person had the benefit of additional evidence of use before him and in the circumstances found that the registered proprietor should retain his specification in full. Note See also Appointed Person’s decision dated 10 May 1999 (BL O/135/99) in which he refused an application by the Registered Proprietors to refer the proceedings to the High Court and in which he also refused an application by the applicant for disclosure (discovery). Summary The registered proprietor filed evidence which established some modest use during the relevant period and the Hearing Officer concluded that this was sufficient to support a claim to genuine use during the relevant five years period. He, therefore, allowed the registration to remain on the Register with a reduced specification. [ PO ] - [ Bailii ] Â Quadrant Holdings Cambridge Limited,Quadrant Bioresources Limited -v- Quadrant Research Foundation, Bruce Joseph Roser, Angela Resarch Foundation, Eastbridge Limited [1998] EWHC Patents 280 27 Nov 1998 PatC Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Seduction (Trade Mark: Revocation) REV 8606; O/247/98; [1998] UKIntelP o24798 27 Nov 1998 IPO Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Revocation - The Hearing Officer adjourned the hearing in order to give the registered proprietor more time to file evidence in support of his registered mark. Subsequently the registered proprietor filed a Form TM 22 voluntarily cancelling the registration. The only matter therefore to be decided was the matter of costs. As the registered proprietor had initially defended the registration the applicant had been put to the expense of being represented at the hearing. In the circumstances the Hearing Officer awarded costs to the applicant for revocation. [ PO ] - [ Bailii ] Â 'Missing Impossible': Application No 2055617 OPP 45857; OPP 45857 30 Nov 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â World Tour Golf (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o24998 30 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Missing Impossible (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o25098 30 Nov 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'World Tour Golf': Application No 2149161 30 Nov 1998 TMR Mr C Hamilton Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Mark: MISSING IMPOSSIBLE 2055617 30 Nov 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: WORLD TOUR GOLF 2149161 30 Nov 1998 TMR Mr C Hamilton Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Mark: NEWS 1166210, 1339716 1 Dec 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Rectification. [ IPO ] Â News (Trade Mark: Rectification) [1998] UKIntelP o25198 1 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property Trade Mark: Rectification [ Bailii ] Â 'News': Application No 1166210 & 1339716 REC 8103 / 8104; REC 8103 / 8104 1 Dec 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Rectification [ PO ] Â Mark: G.I.JOE 1506039 2 Dec 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: NIX 2117094 2 Dec 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â GIJoe (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o25298 2 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'G I Joe': Application No 1506039 OPP 38138 2 Dec 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â 'Nix': Application No 2117094 OPP 47231; OPP 47231 2 Dec 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Nix (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o25498 2 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property Trade Mark: Opposition [ Bailii ] Â Helirader (Trade Mark: Appointed Person) [1998] UKIntelP o29698 4 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Zamoyski (Trade Mark: Revocation) [1998] UKIntelP o25698 4 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property Trade Mark: Revocation [ Bailii ] Â 'Helirader': Application No 2112455 4 Dec 1998 TMR Mr S Thorley Intellectual Property cw Appeals to the Appointed Person Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Mark: HELIRADER 2112455 4 Dec 1998 TMR Mr S Thorley QC Intellectual Property IPO Appointed Person. [ IPO ] Â 'Zamoyski': Application No 1174439 REV 9102; REV 9102 4 Dec 1998 TMR Mr P Lawrence Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Revocation [ PO ] Â Mark: PHILOSOPHY 1335163 4 Dec 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Revocation. [ IPO ] Â Mark: ZAMOYSKI 1174439 4 Dec 1998 TMR Mr P Lawrence Intellectual Property IPO Revocation. [ IPO ] Â Philosophy (Trade Mark: Revocation) [1998] UKIntelP o25598 4 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property Trade Mark: Revocation [ Bailii ] Â Helirader 4 Dec 1998 TMR Mr S Thorley Qc Intellectual Property PO Trade Marks - Appeals to the Appointed Person Decisions - Application No: 2112455 [ PO ] Â Consorzio Del Prosciutio Di Parma -v- Asda Stores Ltd and Another Times, 04 December 1998; Gazette, 13 January 1999; [1998] EWCA Civ 1878; [1998] EWCA Civ 1879 4 Dec 1998 CA Commercial, European, Intellectual Property A rule regarding the designation of origin of goods, disallowing the use of an origin name, must be readily ascertainable in the detail of the regulation, in order to be directly applicable. Designations for Parma Ham, were not readily discoverable, and had no such direct effect. EC Regulation 2081/92 1 Cites 1 Citers [ Bailii ] - [ Bailii ] Â Dr Mary Catherine Ambrose Griffin -v- Xaar Limited, Jp Tatum and J Woods (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o25798 7 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Dr Mary Catherine Ambrose Griffin -v- Xaar Limited, Jp Tatum and J Woods - Wo 97/15633 O/257/98 7 Dec 1998 PO Mr D L Wood Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Dr Mary Catherine Ambrose Griffin -v- Xaar Limited, Jp Tatum And J Woods - O/257/98 7 Dec 1998 PO Mr D L Wood Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â 'React': Application No 2001040 OPP 45787; OPP 45787 8 Dec 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â React (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o25898 8 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property Trade Mark: Opposition [ Bailii ] Â Mark: REACT 2001040 8 Dec 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Neil Mckirdy (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o27898 9 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property Patent [ Bailii ] Â Thiele Kaolin Company - O/279/98 9 Dec 1998 PO Mr H J Edwards Intellectual Property PO Patent Office - Ex Parte Decisions [ PO ] Â Thiele Kaolin Company - Gb 9720181 8 O/279/98; O/279/98 9 Dec 1998 PO Mr H J Edwards Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Neil Mckirdy - O/278/98 9 Dec 1998 PO Mrs L Blunt Intellectual Property PO Patent Office - Ex Parte Decisions [ PO ] Â Thiele Kaolin Company (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o27998 9 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property Patent [ Bailii ] Â Neil Mckirdy - Gb 9711295 7 O/278/98; O/278/98 9 Dec 1998 PO Mrs L Blunt Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Device of A Tooth (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o25998 9 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Mark: DEVICE OF A TOOTH 2001183 9 Dec 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Mark: BES 1548265 10 Dec 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â BES (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o26198 10 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 'Teint Vitalite': Application No 2135416 10 Dec 1998 TMR Mr R Jones Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â 'Bes': Application No 1548265 OPP 43033; OPP 43033 10 Dec 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Teint Vitalite (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o26098 10 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property Trade Mark: Ex Parte [ Bailii ] Â Mark: TEINT VITALITE 2135416 10 Dec 1998 TMR Mr R A Jones Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Springsteen -v- Flute International Ltd, Robert Tringham, Sony Music Entertainment Inc, Masquerade Music Ltd, Ron Winter [1998] EWHC Patents 277; [1999] EMLR 180 10 Dec 1998 PatC Ferris J Intellectual Property, Damages The court awarded £1 per CD produced and not sold, and £5 per CD produced and sold for infringement by pressing CDs of recordings of the claimant artist's performances. The court considered the personal responsibility of the director of the one man company. Ferris J said: "it is necessary to look carefully at the conduct of the individual director and to see whether, if it had not been done as agent in the name and on behalf of the company, it would have made the director a joint tortfeasor. In the case of copyright infringement there is also an additional element in the form of Section 16(2) of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, under which there is an infringement of copyright not only where a person actually does any of the acts restricted by the copyright but also where a person authorises another to do any of those acts. " Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 16(2) 1 Cites 1 Citers [ Bailii ] Â Mark: SWEDISH ELK LAGER 2050048 11 Dec 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Swedish Elk Lager': Application No 2050048 OPP 46473; OPP 46473 11 Dec 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Swedish Elk Lager (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o26298 11 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property Trade Mark: Opposition [ Bailii ] Â Bruce Alan Milner -v- Dixon International Group Limited - Gb 2212505 O/264/98 16 Dec 1998 PO Mr D L Wood Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Bruce Alan Milner -v- Dixon International Group Limited (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o26498 16 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Pifco Limited -v- Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care Bv, Philips Electronics UK Limited [1998] EWHC Patents 276 16 Dec 1998 PatC Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Hmsi Ltd -v- Polar Bay Ltd - Ep(Uk) 0616658 O/263/98; O/263/98 16 Dec 1998 PO Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Tennessee Fried Chicken (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o26698 16 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property Trade Mark: Opposition [ Bailii ] Â Hmsi Ltd -v- Polar Bay Ltd - O/263/98 16 Dec 1998 PO Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â Mark: TENNESSEE FRIED CHICKEN 1540904 16 Dec 1998 TMR Mr S J Probert Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â 'Tennessee Fried Chicken': Application No 1540904 OPP 43071; OPP 43071 16 Dec 1998 TMR Mr S Probert Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â Hmsi Ltd -v- Polar Bay Ltd (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o26398 16 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Bruce Alan Milner -v- Dixon International Group Limited - O/264/98 16 Dec 1998 PO Mr D L Wood Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â '800-Flowers': Application No 1526943 OPP 42900; OPP 42900 17 Dec 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Opposition [ PO ] Â (Shape) Bottle (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o26998 17 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â 800-Flowers (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o26798 17 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â '(Shape) Bottle': Application No 1560017 & 1560018 17 Dec 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Robert Cameron - O/265/98 17 Dec 1998 PO Mr H J Edwards Intellectual Property PO Patent Office - Ex Parte Decisions [ PO ] Â Kenneth F Prendergrast - Gb 9412950 9 Gb 9507929 9 Gb 9822734 1 -v- Gb 9822737 4 O/015/99; O/015/99 17 Dec 1998 PO Mr D L Wood Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Mark: (SHAPE) BOTTLE 1560017, 1560018 17 Dec 1998 TMR Mr A James Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Robert Cameron (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o26598 17 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property Patent [ Bailii ] Â Bourns Inc -v- Raychem Corporation [1998] EWCA Civ 1955 17 Dec 1998 CA Intellectual Property, Litigation Practice 1 Cites 1 Citers [ Bailii ] Â Kenneth F Prendergrast - O/015/99 17 Dec 1998 PO Mr D L Wood Intellectual Property PO Patent Office - Ex Parte Decisions [ PO ] Â Mark: 800-FLOWERS 1526943 17 Dec 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Kenneth F Prendergrast (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o01599 17 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Robert Cameron - Gb 9511463 3 O/265/98; O/265/98 17 Dec 1998 PO Mr H J Edwards Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Â In Re Trade Mark No 2,023,949; ChD 18-Dec-1998 - Times, 18 December 1998 Â Bowden -v- Bnos Electronics Ltd GB 2270629; O/270/98; [1998] UKIntelP o27098 18 Dec 1998 IPO Mr P Hayward Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions 1 Citers [ Bailii ] Â Pierce -v- Promco S A , Peter Johnson, Ivar Gjerpe, Bernd Fleischmann [1998] EWHC Patents 275 18 Dec 1998 PatC Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Cartonneries De Thulin S A -v- CTP White Knight Limited [1998] EWHC Patents 274 21 Dec 1998 PatC Intellectual Property 1 Citers [ Bailii ] Â Bell Atlantic Corporation, Bell IP Holdings Llc -v- Bell Atlantic Communications Plc, Bell Atlantic Limited CH 1998 B No 4245; [1998] EWHC Patents 273 21 Dec 1998 PatC Intellectual Property The claimant sought to restrain the defendants from using the name 'Bell Atlantic' so as to cause confusion and a passing of the defendant had registered Internet domain names and sought to register trade marks similar to those of the claimants. The defendant argued that the claimant had last traded in the UK several years before, and that there was therefore no continuing goodwill to protect, and that there was no evidence of confusion or deception. Held: The use of a name so similar was inherently an instrument of fraud and a passing off. Goodwill in a name is not lost merely by ceasing to use it. Here, there was no positive evidence of abandonment of the name. Passing off was established. Whether the mere addition of words to a trade mark remains an infringement depends on whether the added matter renders the sign so different from the registered mark as to distinguish it from the mark. It did not do that in this case. Summary judgment and an injunction granted. Trademarks Act 1994 10 1 Cites [ Bailii ] Â Mark: MOD PRIMA 1476904 22 Dec 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Opposition. [ IPO ] Â Reggae (Trade Mark: Revocation) [1998] UKIntelP o27198 22 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property Trade Mark: revocation [ Bailii ] Â Mod Prima (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1998] UKIntelP o27298 22 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property Trade Mark: Opposition [ Bailii ] Â Mark: REGGAE 1225801 22 Dec 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property IPO Revocation. [ IPO ] Â 'Reggae': Application No 1225801 REV 8535; REV 8535 22 Dec 1998 TMR Mr M Knight Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Revocation [ PO ] Â Loblite Limited -v- Caradon Mk Electric Limited O/274/98; Gb 2269485 23 Dec 1998 PO Mr S N Dennehey Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Loblite Limited -v- Caradon Mk Electric Limited [1998] UKIntelP o27498 23 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property Patent [ Bailii ] Â Mediahighway (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o27398 23 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property Trade Mark: Ex Parte [ Bailii ] Â Loblite Limited -v- Caradon Mk Electric Limited - O/274/98 23 Dec 1998 PO Mr S N Dennehey Intellectual Property PO Patents - Inter Partes Decisions [ PO ] Â Mark: MEDIAHIGHWAY 2120374 23 Dec 1998 TMR Mrs A Pritchard Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Mark: ECOWAX 2109511 23 Dec 1998 TMR Mr M Foley Intellectual Property IPO Ex Parte. [ IPO ] Â Farmers Build Ltd -v- Carier Bulk Materials Handling Ltd and Others Times, 23 December 1998 23 Dec 1998 CA Intellectual Property For design right purposes a design is original if it has not been copied from another. It is not commonplace if, after comparison with other designs produced in evidence there are objectively new factors not present in other designs. Delay alone was not of itself to amount to acquiescence. Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 Â 'Ecowax': Application No 2109511 23 Dec 1998 TMR Mr M Foley Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Trade Marks - [ PO ] Â Ecowax (Trade Mark: Ex Parte) [1998] UKIntelP o26898 23 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Robert Cameron - O/275/98 24 Dec 1998 PO Mr H J Edwards Intellectual Property PO Patent Office - Ex Parte Decisions [ PO ] Â Robert Cameron - Gb 9511463 3 O/275/98; O/275/98 24 Dec 1998 PO Mr H J Edwards Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Robert Cameron (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o27598 24 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property [ Bailii ] Â Merck & Co Inc - Spc/Gb 97/007 O/276/98 24 Dec 1998 PO Mr D L Wood Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Merck & Co Inc - O/276/98 24 Dec 1998 PO Mr D L Wood Intellectual Property PO Patent Office - Ex Parte Decisions [ PO ] Â Merck Co Inc (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o27698 24 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property Patent [ Bailii ] Â L D, S A (Trade Mark: Rectification) [1998] UKIntelP o27798 29 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property Trade Mark: Rectification [ Bailii ] Â 'L & D, S A ': Application No 1377790 REC 8237; REC 8237 29 Dec 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property cw Inter Partes Decisions - Trade Marks - Rectification [ PO ] Â Mark: L & D, S. A. 1377790 29 Dec 1998 TMR Mr M Reynolds Intellectual Property IPO Rectification. [ IPO ] Â Trevor Sleney - O/280/98 30 Dec 1998 PO Mr M G Wilson Intellectual Property PO Patent Office - Ex Parte Decisions [ PO ] Â Trevor Sleney - Gb 2289724 O/280/98; O/280/98 30 Dec 1998 PO Mr M G Wilson Intellectual Property cw Ex Parte Decisions - Patents [ PO ] Â Trevor Sleney (Patent) [1998] UKIntelP o28098 30 Dec 1998 IPO Intellectual Property Patent [ Bailii ] Â
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