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QUESTION OF PROTECTABILITY OF COMBINATION OF ENGLISH WORDS

by mate.bende | 2020. June 2. | Trademark

Facts The applicant filed the international word mark DRIVE PILOT in the class 9, namely for vehicle safety software. The Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO) refused the protection for Hungary. The owner of the international mark contested the provisional...

DECEPTIVE MARK

by mate.bende | 2020. May 5. | Trademark

Facts In the case of the filed international device mark SPIRIT for goods in class 32 the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO) issued ex officio a provisional refusal in respect of Hungary holding that the mark applied for is misleading as the spirit means...

Fallibility of a three dimensional mark

by mate.bende | 2020. April 3. | Trademark

FACTS This article ought to be started with a report on a previous cancellation procedure, object of which was the same three dimensional mark, the RUBIC CUBE. The Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO) rejected the cancellation request holding that the...

UNSUCCESFUL PROBATION OF THE USE OF A MARK

by mate.bende | 2020. February 27. | Trademark

FACTS The applicant filed the International device mark for goods in class 30 (foodstuffs). Against the Hungarian part of the International mark Aldiva, the owner of the European mark protected also for foodstuffs in class 30, has filed opposition (Aldi was owner of...

APPRECIATION OF LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION

by mate.bende | 2020. January 28. | Trademark

Decisions on likelihood of confusion always contain subjective elements, which is the case probably in most of the countries. FACTS Applicant filed the word combination: for registration as a mark in respect of goods in Class 17 insulating materials, etc. The owner of...

TRADEMARK APPLICATION IN BAD FAITH

by Danubia Szabadalmi és Jogi Iroda | 2019. December 16. | Trademark

FACTS The mark Jazzy Pub was registered for services in class 43. The owner of the earlier mark JAZZY which was registered 7 years earlier in classes 38,41 and used in Radio Jazzy requested cancellation of the later mark. In his request he stated that until February...