http://rpc.oxfordjournals.org Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases - RSS feed of articles 1756-1000 Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases 0080-1364 http://rpc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/rcn017v1?rss=1 Trade mark—Application for declaration of invalidity—Earlier mark—Both marks BUDWEISER for same goods—Earlier right by virtue of earlier application—Later mark registered under previous provisions of honest concurrent use—Application for declaration made one day within 5 year statutory limitation period—Later mark declared invalid—Appeal to High Court—Date from which statutory period of five year acquiescence runs—Whether VITALITE Trade Mark² decision wrong—Later mark in use since 1973—Whether invalidity application barred by common law estoppel by acquiescence—Whether application an abuse of process—Partial invalidity

]]> 2008-05-08 info:doi/10.1093/rpc/rcn017 UK Intellectual Property Office 2008-05-08 Original Articles http://rpc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/rcn015v1?rss=1 Trade mark—Applications—FIANNA FAIL for fresh fruit and vegetables and for business administration, office functions—FINE GAIL for business administration, office functions—Opposition by Irish political parties Fianna Fail and Fine Gael—Application allowed—Appeal to Appointed Person—Whether Fianna Fail and Fine Gael well known marks—Whether Fianna Fail and Fine Gail possessed goodwill in United Kingdom—Whether use of marks would be deceptive—Insufficiency of evidence in support of objections—Whether applications made in bad faith

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