Steve Richardson : Administrator 16th February 2015 10:51 AM |
“Here's the wording the IPO used in their response to me:
The test of a series is NOT simply whether the marks in the series would be regarded as confusingly similar to each other if used by unrelated undertakings. Any variation in the non-distinctive features in the marks must leave the visual, aural and conceptual identity of each of the trade marks substantially the same.”
Sounds like a prime candidate for the Plain English campaign imho