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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions >> WHITBY FUDGE (Trade Mark: Opposition) [2005] UKIntelP o11505 (26 April 2005) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2005/o11505.html Cite as: [2005] UKIntelP o11505 |
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Result
TM9 and supporting letter to be copied to the other side by close of play on the day of the hearing.
Points Of Interest
Summary
The applicant had filed a request for an extension of time (Form TM9), which had been refused by the registry because the reasons given for the request were insufficient. The applicant provided further information which had persuaded the registry to reverse its preliminary ruling. It then emerged that the TM9 had not been copied to the other side as required by Rule 68(2) and the published practice. The registry therefore withdrew its preliminary view and stated that the request for an extension would not be considered. A hearing was arranged at the applicant’s request, to hear the case for the request to be considered; the merits of the request were not before the Hearing Officer at this stage.
The failure to copy the TM9 to the other side was the result of an oversight on the part of the applicant's agent.
Reviewing the matter, the Hearing Officer noted that the request had been made in time. There was no set time laid down, either in the Rules or the Practice Directions, for the copying of the TM9 to the other side.
The Hearing Officer directed that the TM9 and supporting letter should be copied to the opponents by close of play that day.
The request would then be considered.
