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United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions
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TCS (Trade Mark: Invalidity) [1999] UKIntelP o35199 (8 October 1999)

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Trade mark decision

BL Number
O/351/99
Decision date
8 October 1999
Hearing officer
Mr M Foley
Mark
TCS
Classes
06
Applicants
Louis Berkman Company
Opponents
Eurocom Enterprises Ltd
Opposition
Sections 1(1) and 3(1)(a) Sections 3(1)(b) and (c) Section 3(6)

Result

Sections 1(1), 3(1)(a), (b) and (c) - Application successful.

Section 3(6) - Applicants' claims not substantiated.

Points Of Interest

Summary

Applicants for Invalidity claimed that the letters TCS (the mark) is a known acronym for Terne Coated Steel and provided evidence, including trade evidence, to substantiate their claim. No evidence from registered proprietor. In the light of the applicants evidence the Hearing Officer concluded that the mark is not capable of distinguishing; that it is devoid of distinctive character and that it is used in the relevant trade as a descriptive term. Application for invalidity successful.


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