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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions >> MILLET (Trade Mark: Revocation) [1999] UKIntelP o13499 (19 May 1999) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/1999/o13499.html Cite as: [1999] UKIntelP o13499 |
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Result
Application for revocation Section 46 failed
Application for revocation Section 46 failed
Points Of Interest
Summary
[The applicants had initially included in the attack a request for invalidation under Section 47; this, however was not pursued]. As a preliminary point the Hearing Officer notes that although the registered proprietors had not indicated in their counterstatement an intention to rely on the provisions of Section 46(2), in his view 46(2) was "in the nature of a defining provision that determines what can constitute use of a trade mark. As such it can be said to operate automatically without the need for a registered proprietor to expressly plead reliance on the provision". Examining the evidence of use, in various formats, the Hearing Officer concluded that the proprietor had used their mark within the meaning of Section 46(2). The registration was therefore preserved.
