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23025 The Fresh Breath Company Limited (Registered Trade Mark Application No 2133080) #
01 March 2000
Mr E Eder (E Eder & Co) for the applicant. Background The applicant had applied to register a mark consisting of the three-dimensional shape of a bottle for storing dental goods and substances in Classes 3 and..
23017 The General Hospital Corporation (European Patent UK No 222886); Petition for Revocation by Bracco SpA #
01 March 2000
Mr R Wyand QC (Bird & Bird) for the appellant petitioner; Mr S Thorley QC (Bristows) for the respondent proprietor. per Aldous LJ (Laws LJ concurring): Background The General Hospital Corporation (‘GHC’) were a non-profit organisation and proprietors..
23018 E I Du Pont De Nemours and Company (European Patent No 0203469): Opposition by (1) Fa Karl Thiel (2) Fabromont AG (3) Fa Christian Heinrich Sandler GmbH & Co KG #
01 March 2000
W Abitz (Abitz & Partner) for the appellant proprietor; E Leifert (Böhm Rauch Krämer Leifert) for the first respondent; K-B Lesser for the second respondent; C Pöhlau (Louis, Pöhlau, Lohrentz & Segeth) for the third..
23019 Unilever NV et al (European Patent Application No 95941693.4) #
01 March 2000
A Sikken (Unilever NV) for the appellant. Background Following refusal of the application by the Examining Division, the applicant filed a notice of appeal on 11 December 1998 and the statement of the grounds of appeal on..
23020 Picker International Inc (European Patent Application 91302528.4) #
01 March 2000
Mr J Waters (General Electric Company Plc) for the applicant. Background The applicant (‘Picker’) appealed against the decision of the Examining Division (19 December 1994) refusing the application for lack of inventive step. The Board expressed the..
23021 Montblanc Simplo GmbH v Sepia Products Inc #
01 March 2000
Mr P Roberts (Willoughby & Partners) for the claimant; Miss J Reid (Pinsent Curtis) for the defendant. Background The claimant, ‘Montblanc’, made high class pens under its registered trade mark consisting of a white star with six..
23022 Bach Flower Remedies Ltd v Healing Herbs Ltd #
01 March 2000
Mr S Thorley QC and Mr M Bloch QC (Cameron McKenna) for the appellant claimant; Mr G Hobbs QC and Mr J Marshall (Taylor Joynson Garrett) for the respondent defendant. per Morritt LJ (all concurring): Background Eight trade..
23023 Nathu Ram Sohal (Registered Trade Mark Application No B1528928); Opposition by P S Gill & Sons #
01 March 2000
Mr C Birss (Eddows, Perry & Osbourne) for the appellant opponent; Mr T Dillon (Muria & Co) for the respondent applicant. per Aldous LJ (Kennedy LJ concurring, Mantell LJ dissenting): Background The opponent appealed against the judgment of..
23024 Pharmedica GmbH (International Trade Mark Application No 649830); Opposition (No 70025) by Dalgety Holland BV; Request to substitute Friskies Nederland BV as Opponent #
01 March 2000
Miss H Heilbron QC and Miss E Himsworth (Bird & Bird) for the appellant opponent; Miss C May (Treasury Solicitor) for the Registrar of Trade Marks. Background Dalgety Holland BV (‘Dalgety’) had opposed Pharmedica’s international application for..
23026 Mehdi Norowzian v (1) Arks Limited (2) Guinness Brewing Worldwise Limited #
01 March 2000
Mr R Arnold and Miss J Reid (Briffa & Co) for the appellant claimant; Mr P Prescott QC and Mr T Mitcheson (Theodore Goddard) for the respondent first defendant; Mr A Speck (Herbert Smith) for..