WISE ADVICE | Decision 2783481

Date Published: Apr 17, 2018

OPPOSITION No B 2 783 481

Be Wiser Insurance Services Limited, Barrett House Savoy Close, Andover Hampshire SO10 2HZ, United Kingdom, (opponent), represented by Blake Morgan LLP, New Kings Court Tollgate, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO53 3LG, United Kingdom (professional representative)

a g a i n s t

Group­L Financial Investment S.L., Avenida Diagonal 534 Ent. Izq. Oficina 18, 08006 Barcelona, Spain (applicant), represented by Bellavista Legal S.L., Av. Diagonal 463 bis 3r 4ª, 08036 Barcelona, Spain (professional representative).

On 02/11/2017, the Opposition Division takes the following

DECISION:

1.        Opposition No B 2 783 481 is rejected in its entirety.

2.        The opponent bears the costs, fixed at EUR 300.

As from 01/10/2017, Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 and Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 have been repealed and replaced by Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 (codification), Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1430 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1431, subject to certain transitional provisions. All the references in this decision to the EUTMR, EUTMDR and EUTMIR shall be understood as references to the regulations currently in force, except where expressly indicated otherwise.

REASONS

The opponent filed an opposition against some of the goods and services of European Union trade mark application No 15 487 788 for the figurative mark , namely against all the goods in Class 9 and all the services in Class 36. The opposition is based on the following earlier rights:

  1. United Kingdom trade mark registration No 3 068 422 for the figurative mark

;

  1. United Kingdom trade mark registration No 3 068 436 for the figurative mark ;
  2. United Kingdom trade mark registration No 3 068 430 for the figurative mark ;
  3. United Kingdom trade mark registration No 3 068 135 for the word mark
    ‘BE WISER’;
  4. United Kingdom trade mark registration No 3 009 812 for the word mark
    ‘BE WISER INSURANCE’;
  5. United Kingdom trade mark registration No 2 629 364 for the figurative mark ;
  6. United Kingdom trade mark registration No 2 627 961  for the figurative mark ;
  7. United Kingdom trade mark registration No 2 627 960 for the figurative mark ;
  8. United Kingdom trade mark registration No 2 627 958 for the figurative mark