Trade mark decision

BL Number

O/037/08

Decision date

13 February 2008

Hearing Officer

Mr M Foley

Mark

MEDIAGUARD

Classes

09, 16, 25, 28, 35, 38, 41, 42

Registered Proprietor

Nagra France Sarl

Applicants for Revocation

Guardian News & Media Limited

Application for Revocation

Section 46(1)

Result

Application for invalidation, Section 46(1): Successful.

Points Of Interest

• None

Summary

The registered proprietor was able to show genuine use on a limited number of items in Class 9 (they did not seek to defend their Class 25 specification). The Hearing Officer therefore cancelled the registration in respect of all the other classes and reduced the Class 9 specification to cover only “Electrical apparatus; computer hardware and computer software; smartcards and smartcard readers; all for use with conditional access systems for digital television.

Full decision O/037/08 61Kb