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United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions
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SOFRA RESTAURANTS (Trade Mark: Opposition) [1999] UKIntelP o02299 (21 January 1999)

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Trade mark decision

BL Number
O/022/99
Decision date
21 January 1999
Hearing officer
Mr M Reynolds
Mark
SOFRA RESTAURANTS
Classes
42
Applicant
Charles Robert Maxwell
Opponents
Sofra Restaurants Limited
Opposition
Sections 3(3)(b), 3(4), 3(6), 5(2)(b), 5(3), 5(4)(a).

Result

Opposition under Section 5(4)(a) successful; all other grounds failed.

Opposition under Section 5(4)(a) successful; all other grounds failed.

Points Of Interest

Summary

CRM applied to register the mark SOFRA RESTAURANT, but did not defend the application when challenged by opponents SRL. Hearing Officer dismissed all other grounds but held that the evidence filed in support of the passing off case was sufficient in view of the applicant's failure to defend.


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