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United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions
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IPRATROPIOVENT (Trade Mark: Invalidity) [2000] UKIntelP o31900 (24 August 2000)

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Trade mark decision

BL Number
O/319/00
Decision date
24 August 2000
Hearing officer
Mr M Reynolds
Mark
IPRATROPIOVENT
Classes
25
Registered Proprietor
Dallas Burston Ashbourne Limited
Applicants
Boehringer Ingelheim KG
Invalidity
Section 47(1); mark registered in breach of Section 3(1)(b); Section 47(2)(a); mark registered in breach of Section 5(2)(b); and Section 47(2)(b); mark registered in breach of Section 5(4)(a)

Result

Application for declaration of invalidity failed on all grounds.

Points Of Interest

Summary

The mark is registered in respect of pharmaceutical preparations and substances, all containing Ipratropium. The applicants have registrations in Class 5 of the marks ATROVENT, DUOVENT, OXIVENT and COMBIVENT. Having considered the mark as a whole the Hearing Officer dismissed the application under Section 47(1) (Section 3(1)(b)). The applicants' evidence did not establish a likelihood of confusion under Section 5(2)(b) nor could they succeed under Section 5(4)(a).


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