Upwardly Mobil

Northern Europeans may grow sluggish inward the summertime Sun simply Alicante, epicentre of the Community merchandise mark, remains busy. The virtually recent batch of OHIM Opposition Division decisions posted on OHIM’s website includes Mobil Oil Corporation’s successful attack Olaf Quilitz’s essay to register a device score including the words MOBIL’S & FUN for goods inward Classes ix (software in addition to electronic apparatus) in addition to 12 (apparatus for locomotion), goods for which Mobil had already registered i or to a greater extent than MOBIL-based merchandise mark. Mobil alleged (among other grounds) similar marks/identical goods in addition to a likelihood of confusion nether Regulation 40/94, Art.8(1)(b), likewise every bit Art.8(5), inward that Quilitz’s application was seeking to accept unfair payoff of the repute or distinctive grapheme of MOBIL, a score possessing quite a reputation.

The Opposition Division institute for Mobil on likelihood of confusion, finding the marks visually, phonetically in addition to (in Germany, Kingdom of Denmark in addition to Sweden) conceptually similar. Sadly, having reached this conclusion, the Opposition Division in addition to hence sat dorsum in addition to declared that, if MOBIL’S & FUN wasn’t registrable because of Art.8(1)(b), at that topographic point was no bespeak to consider the Art. 8(5) point. Says the IPKat, “Apart from disappointing those of us who are craving closed to truly practiced decisions on how Art.8(5) truly works, the refusal to consider the 2nd terra firma could direct keep messy consequences if (as is unlikely) the Quilitz appealed the Art.8(1)(b) indicate successfully earlier the Board of Appeal. Where would that exit the unconsidered Art.8(5) point?”

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