UK HIGH CT SPINS A YARN

On Wednesday the Chancellor delivered his decision in Hachette Filipacchi Presse v SIP. The case is an appeal from the hearing officer concerning the registrability of ELLE by SIP for yarns, opposed by the publisher of Elle the magazine. The Chancellor dismissed appeals concerning oppositions based on confusion under s.5(2) and unfair advantage under s.5(3).

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