• EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES

    CTM APPEAL BOARD DECISIONS ON ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL (JULY-DECEMBER 1999)

    CTM OPPOSITION DIVISION DECISIONS ON THE SIMILARITY OF TRADE MARKS (UP TO JUNE 1999)

     

      Mark Applied For Earlier Mark Contested Class(es) of Goods Language(s) of Earlier Right(s) Marks Confusing (Yes or No)
    1 5 OCEANS & Globe Device CINCO OCEANOS 29 ES YES
    2 ACCUZIDE APROZIDE 5 ES, FR, SE, UK NO
    3 ACTONEL OCTONYL 5 DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, PT NO
    4 AEROSAN AEGROSAN 5 DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, PT YES
    5 ARCO Argo 6, 7 20 DE YES
    6 AROMEX aro 3 DE, FR, IT NO
    7 BEAUTY FREE SHOP & Device BEAUTY FREE 3, 5, 42 FR, NL YES
    8 BIRTHDAY BEAR BIRTHSTONE BEAR 14 UK YES
    9 BLANTEX BLENDAX 3, 5, 21 DE YES
    10 BOBOLI BOBO 25 DE NO
    11 BONAX SONAX 3 DE YES
    12 BURGO BURGO & Device 29 PT  
    13 CARBOSHRED CARBOEX & Device 40 ES NO
    14 CENTRO cero 25 DE NO
    15 CHAIN STORE AGE Chain Device 9, 16 Not applicable NO
    16 CLARA ara 10, 25 DE NO
    17 DELIBORI Deli 29, 30, 33 DE NO
    18 DINOKIDS DINO & Dinosaur Device 3 DE NO
    19 DORADA DORATI 30 DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, PT YES
    20 ENANTYUM ENANTON 5 DK, FI, FR, SE YES
    21 ENIGMA ENIGMA ITALY & Device 25 DE, ES, FR, IT, NL NO
    22 EQUATOR EQUADOR 29, 31, 32 FR, NL YES
    23 EUDERMIN EUCERIN 3 DE, UK YES
    24 EVASIL EXACYL 5 FR, PT NO
    25 FOSTER FROSTY 34 34 NO
    26 FRISA frisan 29 DE YES
    27 HORIZON & Device ARISTON 34 DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, PT NO
    28 HUMIC S.A. HUMICA & Device 1 PT YES
    29 IGNINORMA NORMA 6, 19 ES YES
    30 ILC iLS 16, 41 DE YES
    31 INFADERM ALPHADERM 5 DE, FR, NL NO
    32 ISENBECK BECK'S 32 DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, PT NO
    33 KNIRP KNEIPP 5, 31 DE NO
    34 KOFF & Device SMIRNOFF 32 DE NO
    35 La Sirena & Device SIENA 30 DE NO
    36 LANDAMMANN Landana 29 DE YES
    37 LISA DELUXE LISIA 3 DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, PT YES
    38 LOCKETS ROCKLETS 30 ES YES
    39 LORI di RECOARO FLORA 32, 33 DE NO
    40 LOS NEGRITOS Negritelle 5, 29, 30 IT NO
    41 LUIGI FORETTI GORETTI 25 ES NO
    42 MAGOR Da Marco 29, 30 DE NO
    43 MAYLAC MAY SŠhne Wunder Label 5, 29, 30 DE NO
    44 MAYLAC MAY REDSTAR 5, 29, 30 DE NO
    45 MEDIASPHERE Media Markt & Device 36 DE NO
    46 MEDIT MŽdis 5 PT YES
    47 MEGA BUBBLE NESTLE MEGA 30 DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, PT NO
    48 NEMI & Device ENI Enrejados Industriales 30 DE NO
    49 NEW YORK BLACK NEW YORK 6, 7 20 DE YES
    50 NHL NL & Circle Device 25 ES NO
    51 OKOVITAL & Device VITAL & Device 31 DE, ES, FR, NL NO
    52 OSTEOSAL OSTEOZAM-KIT 5 DE, DK, ES, FR, GR, IT, NL, PT, UK NO
    53 PANKAL PANZOL 5 DE NO
    54 PHOTONICA photokina label 9, 14, DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, PT YES
    55 PIANTO PIANTU 5, 29, 30 DE YES
    56 PIZZA EXPRESS & Device PIAZZA 30 FR, NL NO
    57 PRIVATE LABEL HOUSE PRIVATA 3, 18, 25- ALL NO
    58 PROSTAGOLD Prostagutt 5 DE YES
    59 RADO MANO 14 DE NO
    60 RADOVIR ZADOVIR 5 ES YES
    61 REBEL febel & fb Device 25 DE NO
    62 REV REVILLA 5 DE NO
    63 RIVER & Device River 32 ES NO
    64 SšSSLI MUSSLY 30 PT NO
    65 SIMPLE d'ANVERS SIMPLE- 25 ES, FR, IT, NL, PT, UK YES
    66 SODECO SODEXHO 35, 37, 42 DE, ES, FR, IT, YES
    67 SSI STAR SERVICE INTERNATIONAL & Device SSI USA 41 ES YES
    68 SUNSET SUNRISE 54 DE YES
    69 SYSTEM & Device SYSTEM ACTION & Device 25 ES NO
    70 TAISHO TAI 5, 32 DE NO
    71 TECUM tekom & Device 9, 42 DE YES
    72 Teeli TELIA 16, 21 DK YES
    73 TELEPORT WORLD TELEPORT BARCELONA 9 ES NO
    74 TRILUX CRILUX 9, 10, 11 ES YES
    75 TRILUX CRILUX 6, 19, 20 ES YES
    76 TYBER TYBEL 24, 27 ES YES
    77 TYBER TYBOR 24, 27 ES YES
    78 Uncle Ben's UNCLE WILLIAM 29, 30, 32 DE, ES, FR, NL, PT NO
    79 VALENTI VVV VALENTINO 18 DE, IT YES
    80 VIRACTIN Bilatin 5 DE NO
    81 wepa mach mit & Device zewa & Device 16 DE NO
    82 WINDEL WiNNi & Device Swinny 28 DE NO
    83 WINNS WINGS 34 DE YES
    84 ZILA SIESA 5 DE NO
      note: DE = German DK = Danish ES = Spanish FI = Finish
      FR =French GR = Greek IT = Italian NL = Dutch
      PT = Portuguese SE = Swedish UK = English