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).
Mr D Morgan
OPP 44881, 2043266, [1998] UKIntelP o01898, O/018/98
PO, IPO, Bailii
England and Wales
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