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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions >> VIRT -X (Trade Mark: Invalidity) [2005] UKIntelP o28505 (24 October 2005) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2005/o28505.html Cite as: [2005] UKIntelP o28505 |
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For the whole decision click here: o28505
Result
Confidentiality of evidence in invalidation proceedings.
Points Of Interest
Summary
The applicants requested that some of the evidence filed by them should be kept confidential and available only to the registered proprietor’s legal representatives. Alternatively, they suggested that the parties enter into a “confidentiality club” comprising counsel, trade mark attorneys and two named representatives of the registered proprietor.
After hearing the parties the Hearing Officer granted the requests for confidentiality in respect of some of the evidence. If the parties wished to discuss further the matter of a confidentiality club it was open to them to do so. Any resultant agreement would be subject to the Registrar’s approval.
This decision sets out the Hearing Officer’s reasons for granting the confidentiality order
