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UKIPO

Obvious risk of damage should the opponent’s customers be dissatisfied with goods purchased from the proprietor

In the classic case of passing off, where the defendant represents his goods or business as the goods or business of the...
UKIPO

Both parties operate in different sectors

The opponent is a provider of battery storage, while the holder provides financial services relating to investments in p...
UKIPO

The shared use of ‘PARAISO’ would lead consumers to being confused between the marks

Although direct confusion and indirect confusion both involve mistakes on the part of the consumer, it is important to r...
EUIPO

It is very unlikely that the color of the product will determine the consumers’ choice

The mere fact that the colour purple was chosen because of its unusual, unique and memorable character must be disregard...
EUIPO

Given the strong visual differences which compensate for the phonetical identity, a likelihood of confusion can be safely excluded

Neither sign has any element that could be considered clearly more dominant than other elements, considering the relativ...
EUIPO

The term ‘LEGALTECH’ conveys a promotional message with regard to the services at issue

The term ‘LEGALTECH’ conveys a message that is understood immediately and without any effort by the relevant public. Eve...
EUIPO

The word ‘Hawaiian’ will be understood as a reference to a state of the US in the central Pacific. 

Following the assessment of the inherent distinctiveness of the sign’s single verbal element, the examiner would then ne...
EUIPO

The term ‘properti’ will be understood in the same way as the English term ‘property’

Considering that the contested sign ‘properti’ and the English noun ‘property’ are pronounced (almost) identically, at l...
USPTO

Confusion likely with the registered mark IDEAL SALE for “Real estate investment services” – 2

The marks IDEAL CAPITAL GROUP and IDEAL SALE “are visually similar, as both begin with the word” IDEAL. “The second elem...
USPTO

Confusion likely with the registered mark IDEAL SALE for “Real estate investment services” – 1

There is nothing on the face of the mark to suggest that the word IDEAL is an acronym for “Income, Depreciation, Equity,...