• EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES

    CTM APPEAL BOARD DECISIONS ON ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL

    CTM OPPOSITION DIVISION DECISIONS ON THE SIMILARITY OF TRADEMARKS (JULY-DECEMBER 1999)

     


    		Mark Applied For Earlier Mark Contested Class(es) of Goods Language(s) of Earlier Right(s) Marks Confusing (Yes or No)
    1 MAX MAS 35, 7, 9 DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, PT NO
    2 12 Seasons FOUR SEASONS 24, 250 ALL YES
    3 21 CITY (stylised) CITY 6, 20 DE NO
    4 A-Motion Lancer CombiMotion 12 DE NO
    5 ABM & Device ebm & Device 9, 11, 39 ALL NO
    6 ACTILINE activline 29, 30, 32 DE YES
    7 ACTIVIR AKTIVIN 5 ALL YES
    8 ALTA & Device ALTA FIDELIDAD 16 ES NO
    9 ANTIKAL SANIKAL 3 DE, FR, IT NO
    10 AQUA-THERMO AQUATHERM & Device 24 DE YES
    11 ARIA Arriva 33 DE NO
    12 ARTHUR ET FELICIE Arthur (stylised) 24, 25 DE, ES, FR, NL NO
    13 AT (stylised) ATS (stylised) 1 FR NO
    14 ATESA ARTESIA & Device 12, 39 FR YES
    15 Ayk Aok 3 DE YES
    16 Barilla FOODSERVICE & Device - 29, 30, 32, 33, 42 ES NO
    17 BEC-5 bac 5 DE NO
    18 BECKETT EXPRESSION Expression 16 DE NO
    19 BERONIA BARONIA 30, 32, 33 DE, ES, FR, NL YES
    20 BIO-ANTOX ANTODOX 5 DE NO
    21 BOSSI COLLEZIONE CASA & Device BOSS 24, 25 DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, PT YES
    22 CAPSTAN BAY Calzados BLAY & Device 3, 9, 14, 16, 18, 25, 28 ES NO
    23 CASTILLO EL CASTILLO & Device 29, 30 ES YES
    24 Cesare J (stylised) RENE LEZARD 18, 25 ALL NO
    25 CIOCCA & Device TZIACCO HOMBRE RELAXED FASHION & Device 25 DE NO
    26 CIVISOL VINA SOL 30, 32, 33 ES, GR, SE, UK NO
    27 CLASSIC PORT & Device CLASSIC 34 UK NO
    28 CLEAN TOUCH ONE TOUCH 3 ES NO
    29 COLIN’S KOLING 25 ES YES
    30 COLORSPERSE AROSPERSE 1 ALL YES
    31 COMPASS KOMPAS & Device 35, 42 DE, ES, FR, IT, NL YES
    32 COMTEC COMTES 9, 11 DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, YES
    33 CONFETTI Konfetti 25 DE YES
    34 CONSTRULITA LITA (stylised) 11 ALL NO
    35 COPIS VOBIS 9 DE NO
    36 CORRUPAD (stylised) CORRUPACK 16 ES YES
    37 COSTNER YOSTER 34 DE NO
    38 CRISANTA DON CRISANTO 31 ES YES
    39 D’ORSAY ORSAY 25 DE, DK, ES, FR, IT, NL, PT, SE, UK YES
    40 DACH MAX & Device MAX (stylised) 19, 37 DE, FR, IT, NL, PT, ES YES
    41 DAKOTA SMITH & Device Coast Dakota (stylised) 9, 14 ES NO
    42 DARIA DARIO 31 DE YES
    43 Dei Didak 3000 DIDAC DICCIONARI DE CATALA 9, 38, 41 ES YES
    44 DELI CHEF DELI 30 DE NO
    45 DELI CHEF DELI 42 DE YES
    46 Diagnostec Riestar THE DIAGNOSTIC COMPANY & Device 10 ALL NO
    47 ecolex VOLLTEXTSERVICE VTS COLEX & Device 9, 16, 41 ES NO
    48 EL CAPITAN PESCANOVA CAPTAIN BIRDS EYE 29, 30, 31 UK NO
    49 ELS iLS & Device 16, 35, 41 DE NO
    50 Etiflex & Device ETIFIX 16, 35, 40 DE, FR, IT, NL, PT YES
    51 etiflex & Device ETIFIX 16, 35, 40 DE YES
    52 EUROMADIS & Device EUROMA 5, 29, 30, 31 DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, UK NO
    53 EVERGREEN EVERDEEN 5 FI, SE YES
    54 FABIANO & Device GABBIANO 29, 30 DE YES
    55 FABIANO & Device DON FABIAN 33 ES NO
    56 FAROE & Device FAROLIVA S.L. & Device 29 ES NO
    57 FIFTIES Miss fifties & Device 25 ES YES
    58 FLAM SUPERFLAM 9, 42 ES YES
    59 FLAM EUROFLAM 9, 42 ES YES
    60 FREEMAN FREE & Device 34 FI, SE NO
    61 FRIGOMOS & Device frigemo (stylised) 29, 30, 31 DE NO
    62 GASTROMIL GASTROSIL 5 DE YES
    63 GENIO GENIE 9 ALL YES
    64 Gino Ramaldi Marc Gibaldi 25 GE NO
    65 Gioiella & Device Giojo 29, 30, 32 DE NO
    66 GIORGIO BEVERLY HILLS GIORGI LINE & Device 3 ES NO
    67 GIRAF GOLD GIRAF & Device 32, 33 FR, NL YES
    68 GO-SEXY (stylised) GO 18, 25 FR NO
    69 GRAN CAMPELLAS Campelo & Device 33 DE NO
    70 GREYLINE & Device GRAY LINE 18, 25 ALL YES
    71 GRUPO Santamaria & Device ANNA MARIA & Device 24, 26 DE NO
    72 GUESS & Device Gliss 3 DE NO
    73 HARDI HADI 7, 8, 9 DE YES
    74 HEPAL NEPAL 1, 2 ES NO
    75 HOOCH HOOT 25 ES NO
    76 HUBERT & Device SAINT-HUBERT 41 29, 30 FR NO
    77 IDOLE ODOL 3 DE NO
    78 INFACOL ITRACOL 5 DE NO
    79 INTERSOFT INTERSOUND & Device 9, 38, 42 ES NO
    80 IT IC 9 DE NO
    81 IVES RENOIR Renoir & Device 25 ES YES
    82 KONTOR 7 & Device QUANTOR 5 ES YES
    83 KSA Kza & Device 35 FR, NL YES
    84 L.A. CANO & Device LACANO LACANO 14, 18, 25 ES YES
    85 LAXS (stylised) LAX & Device 25 ALL YES
    86 LE CARAVELLE & Device LAS CARABELAS & Device 29 ES YES
    87 LIFTOK Lixtop 3 DE YES
    88 Linea & Device   29 GR YES
    89 LIOLA Linola 3 DE YES
    90 LISTER Dister & Device 20, 21 ES YES
    91 LUCIANO Lucia 25 DE NO
    92 LUMILITE LUMILINE 11 DE YES
    93 M & Device M & Device 14 DE, FR, IT, NL, PT NO
    94 MARCA & Device Marco & Device 3, 21, 22 DE NO
    95 MATRATZEN markt CONCORD & Device MATRATZEN 10 ES YES
    96 MATRATZEN markt CONCORD & Device MATRATZEN 20, 24 ES YES
    97 MEGAMAX MediMax 20 DE NO
    98 MELZONE MAZOLEN 5 DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, PT NO
    99 MICHAEL ROSS ORIGINAL BLUE Michele (stylised) 25 DE, FR, NL NO
    100 Miny & Many Mini Wini 29, 30 ES YES
    101 MITSUI GOLD MATSUI 9 UK YES
    102 MOHIK sagenhaft bequem von Servas MOHICAN SHOE & Device 25 FR NO
    103 MOLINA la Molisama & Device 29 ALL NO
    104 MORE MILES MILES 25 FR, NL YES
    105 MUNDICOR MUNDICOLOR 2 ES YES
    106 N.C. STATE WOLFPACK & Device Wolfpack & Device 25 ES YES
    107 Naturi & Leaf Device ARCON NATURA 29, 31 ES NO
    108 NEMA HEMA 25 FR, NL YES
    109 NIKE TOWN NIKE & Device 25 ES YES
    110 NIKE TRIAX SERIES & DEVICE NIKE & Device 25 ES NO
    111 NORILANS POARIS (stylised) NOR IT 3 DE, ES, FR, GR, IT, NL, PT, UK NO
    112 NULMIG NARAMIG 5 ALL NO
    113 ONALEX TENALEX 5 IT NO
    114 ONTAK Osac 5 DE NO
    115 ORANGE GLO ORANGE MIRACLE 3 ES YES
    116 OSAGA SAGA 18, 25, 35 ALL NO
    117 PAELLA WORLD PAELLA DOR & Device 39, 42 ES NO
    118 PAGO arko 32 DE NO
    119 PAN & CO PAN SPEZIALITÄTEN & Device 30 ALL YES
    120 PAPETERIES DE L’ATLANTIQUE S.A. & Device ATLANTIC 16 DE NO
    121 PAUL MITCHELL Michele (stylised) 3, 16, 25 DE, DK, FR, NL NO
    122 PAUL SMITH JOHN SMITH 18, 24, 25 ES NO
    123 PEPE LOPEZ Pepe Lopez PELUQUEROS (stylised) 42 ES YES
    124 PEROFIL PERSIL 23, 24, 25 DE NO
    125 POLYMAC POLYTEKT 1, 2, 4 DE NO
    126 PONSA industrias ponsa s.a. pausa 23, 24, 26 DE NO
    127 POSTER mobil & Device POSTER 35 ES YES
    128 POTATO JACK POTATO SNACK & Device 29 DE NO
    129 Praktiker & Device IKEA & Device 2, 6, 7, 8, 11, 19, 31 DE, FR, NL, Pt NO
    130 PRESTA Ersta 3 DE NO
    131 PROMEM Presomen 5 DE NO
    132 QANZA Kalzan 5 DE NO
    133 Quickstep QUICKSHIP 16, 35, 39 UK NO
    134 QUINTON QUITONINE 5 FR NO
    135 QUMAS CUMES 9, 16, 42 ALL YES
    136 Raco Raca 17 PT YES
    137 RADAELLI Giorgio Redaelli 3, 18, 25 DE YES
    138 Rentolin RIPOLIN 2 DE, ES, FR, GR, IT, NL, PT, UK NO
    140 Rentolin RENOCLEAN 2 DE NO
    141 REVELLO FESTA ITALIANA & Device RAFFAELLO 29, 30, 32 DE NO
    142 REVELS RIFFEL’S 29,30 DE YES
    143 RODIO & Device RHODIA 1, 4, 6, 8, 13, 17, 19 ES YES
    144 ROWA OWA 19, 27 DE YES
    145 ROXA (stylised) ROX 25, 28 ES YES
    146 SAMARIN PREMARIN 5 ES NO
    147 SAN MARINA MARINA 25 PT YES
    148 SANIT EISENBERG & Device Sanitec (stylised) 11, 20 FR NO
    149 SANS SOUCI ICE BEER & Device SANSSOUCI 32 DE NO
    150 SEA PRINCESS PRINCESS, VIAJES Y CONGRESOS 39, 41, 42 ES NO
    151 SEMPER IDEM SIEMPRE 30, 32, 33 ES NO
    152 SETRA-SEIDA SETRA 12 DE YES
    153 SIMPLE LIFE (stylised) SIMPLE 18, 25, 26 PT NO
    154 SNACCOS SNICKERS 30 ALL NO
    155 SOLERS & Device SOREL 32, 33 ES NO
    156 SUNNYLINE SUN 9, 16 ALL NO
    157 T-FORCE T & Device 9 DE NO
    158 TARAFORTE TARKA 3, 5 DE NO
    159 TEMPOR & Device TEMPUR 20 SE YES
    160 THE SAVOY SAVOY 42 DE YES
    161 TIGER TIGEA 9 DE YES
    162 Tiger Device TIGER & Tiger’s Head Device 28 DE NO
    163 Tryasol TRIAZORAL 5 PT NO
    164 UFO & Device GUFO 25 ES YES
    165 Vallefrorido & Clover Leaf Device Clover Leaf Device 2, 3, 16, 21, 29, 30, 32, 33, 39 DE NO
    166 Venezia (stylised) NESTLE COPPA VENEZIA 29 DE NO
    167 VICOUNT VICO 31, 42 DE, FR, IT, NL, UK NO
    168 VIP AUTO WASCHSALON & Device AUTOVIPS 37 ES NO
    169 VITADERM & Device VITADERMA 3, 5 DE YES
    170 Vitallift VITABIT 5 DE NO
    171 VITOX VITAX 5 DE YES
    172 VIVITA VIFIT 29, 30 DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, PT NO
    173 WELCOME 2000 (stylised) WELCOME 16, 18, 25 DE YES
    174 WORLD COFFEE & Device COFFEE WORLD Various including Class 30 ES YES
    175 XS4 ALL EXES (stylised) 18, 25 DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, PT, UK NO
    176 YODEL FREAK LE FREAK (stylised) 18, 25 ES NO
    Note: DE = German DK = Danish ES = Spanish FI = Finnish
      GR = Greek IT = Italian NL = Dutch  
      PT = Portuguese SE = Swedish UK = English