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EPISTAT (Trade Mark: Opposition) [2003] UKIntelP o11503 (23 April 2003)

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Trade mark decision

BL Number
O/115/03
Decision date
23 April 2003
Hearing officer
Dr W J Trott
Mark
EPISTAT
Classes
05
Applicants
Special Products Limited
Opponents
American Home Products Limited
Opposition
Section 5(2)(b)

Result

Section 5(2)(b) - Opposition successful

Points Of Interest

Summary

The opposition was based on the opponents’ registration of their mark EPTISET, in Class 5.

The Hearing Officer found the respective goods to be identical and the marks similar. The opponents’ mark had 'a significant inherent capacity to distinguish', although they had not shown that their mark was distinctive in the marketplace.

In the result the Hearing Officer found a likelihood of confusion, even taking account of the fact that in present circumstances the applicants’ product would be unlikely to be purchased by patients directly.


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