{"id":3585,"date":"2019-05-29T15:18:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T15:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ga-ip.com\/?p=3585"},"modified":"2019-06-03T09:05:42","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T09:05:42","slug":"general-court-common-0gurative-elements-will-make-an-impression-on-consumers-despite-their-weak-distinctive-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ga-ip.com\/en\/general-court-common-0gurative-elements-will-make-an-impression-on-consumers-despite-their-weak-distinctive-character\/","title":{"rendered":"General Court: common figurative elements will make an impression on consumers, despite their weak distinctive character"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<ul>\n<li>DPG opposed registration of mark representing bottle and arrow in Classes 35, 40 and 42 based on earlier mark representing can, bottle and arrow in same classes.<\/li>\n<li>Board of Appeal found that likelihood of confusion could not be excluded.<\/li>\n<li>General Court agreed,\u00a0finding that common\u00a0figurative elements were likely to be remembered by consumers, even though they had weak distinctive character<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ga-ip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/General-Court_-common-figurative-elements-will-make-an-impression-on-consumers-despite-their-weak-distinctive-character-_-World-Trademark-Review-003.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DPG opposed registration of mark representing bottle and arrow in Classes 35, 40 and 42 based on earlier mark representing can, bottle and arrow in same classes. Board of Appeal found that likelihood of confusion could not be excluded. 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