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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions >> PETER. J. GERBER OPTICIANS LTD (Trade Mark: Opposition) [2000] UKIntelP o39200 (18 October 2000) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2000/o39200.html Cite as: [2000] UKIntelP o39200 |
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Result
Section 3(6) - Opposition failed
Section 3(3)(b) - Opposition failed
Points Of Interest
Summary
The opponent Mr Peter J Gerber had been involved in the setting up of a business which traded under the name PETER J GERBER OPTICIANS LTD (the mark) and owned one third of the shares in the Company. He resigned his directorship and sold his shares in the company in 1999.
Insofar as Section 3(3)(b) was concerned the Hearing Officer concluded that there was nothing inherent in the mark which would lead to deception or confusion and he dismissed that ground.
Under Section 3(6) the opponent had filed no evidence to show that the filing of the application was made in bad faith. He had been a principal in the Limited Company but as he had sold his shares and resigned his Directorship he was no longer involved in the business which had continued for some years. The Company was perfectly entitled to carry on trading under its existing name absent evidence of any contractual arrangements between the parties. Opposition failed.
