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Case Examples

Bad-Faith Trademark Filings

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Case Examples of CNIPA .......................................................................................... 4

Case Examples of EUIPO ........................................................................................ 37

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Case Examples of JPO ............................................................................................. 65

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Case Examples of KIPO .......................................................................................... 97

Case Examples of USPTO ..................................................................................... 128

vi Case Examples of Other Countries/Regions ....................................................... 159

ARGENTINA ......................................................................................................... 160

ALL BLACKS v. ALL BLAC ................................................................................................160

CHRISTIAN DIOR v. CHRISTIAN DIOR ...................................................................................162

LA VACHE QUI RIT v. LA VACA QUE RIE .............................................................................164

XERODERM v. XERODERM ......................................................................................................166

ARMENIA .............................................................................................................. 168

BUMMY v. BUMMY ....................................................................................................................168

AUSTRALIA .......................................................................................................... 170

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CLIPSAL v CLIPSO ......................................................................................................................170

MR CAR KEYS v MR AUTO KEYS ...........................................................................................172

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BEACHES AND BUSH v .....................................................................................................176

HEMOSTYP v HEMOSTYP .........................................................................................................178

AUSTRIA ................................................................................................................ 180

FEELING v. FEEL .........................................................................................................................180

Cafe Museum v. CAFÉ MUSEUM ................................................................................................182

BRAZIL .................................................................................................................. 184

HIMEDIA v. HIMEDIA ................................................................................................................184

VOGUE v. CAFFE VOGUE ....................................................................................................................186

TYLENOL v. TYLOL ...................................................................................................................188

DERMYCASE vs. DERMICASE ..................................................................................................189

CANADA ................................................................................................................ 191

IRRESISTIBLES v. IRRESISTIBLES ..........................................................................................191

BUGATTI v EB BUGATTI & DESIGN ................................................................193

CHILE ..................................................................................................................... 195

ANN TAYLOR v. ANN TAYLOR ...............................................................................................195

COLOMBIA ........................................................................................................... 197

HEXAGON v. HEXAGON ...........................................................................................................197

GS OIL v. GS OIL .........................................................................................................................199

KLAYSA v. LAY´S .................................................................................................................................201

COSTA RICA ........................................................................................................ 203

Tim Hortons v. Tim Hortons ..........................................................................................................203

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DESIGUAL v. DESIGUAL ...........................................................................................................205

CUBA ...................................................................................................................... 207

BLUETOOTH vs BLUETOOTH ..................................................................................................207

ECUADOR.............................................................................................................. 209

MARC JACOBS vs MARC JACOBS ...........................................................................................209

FINLAND................................................................................................................ 211

Humsecgrid v. HUMSECGRID .....................................................................................................211

FRANCE ................................................................................................................. 213

IT COSMETICS v. IT COSMETIQUE .........................................................................................213

Pigeon proper v. clean pigeon ..................................................................................................................215

Parnasse v. Parnassea ...............................................................................................................................217

GERMANY ............................................................................................................. 219

Hop on Hop off ..............................................................................................................................221

AKADEMIKS v. AKADEMIKS ...................................................................................................223

HONG KONG ........................................................................................................ 225

v. Mastercard ................................................................................................................................225

HUNGARY ............................................................................................................. 227

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AFRICANA ...................................................................................................................................229

INDIA ...................................................................................................................... 231

VOLVO v. VOLVO .......................................................................................................................231

EGO v. EGO ..................................................................................................................................233

JAGUAR v. JAGUAR ...................................................................................................................235

MAGGI v. MAGGI ........................................................................................................................237

SONY v. abt SONY .......................................................................................................................240

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IRELAND ............................................................................................................... 242

MARIE CLAIRE v. MARIE CLAIRE .....................................................................................................242

ISRAEL ................................................................................................................... 245

SUJOK ...........................................................................................................................................245

ITALY ..................................................................................................................... 247

MANZANA v. BALORU MANZANA .........................................................................................247

HAVAIANAS v. HAVENA ..........................................................................................................249

KENYA ................................................................................................................... 251

KENYA BOYS CHOIR v. KENYAN BOYS CHOIR ..................................................................251

LATVIA .................................................................................................................. 253

SAP HANA VS. HANA ..........................................................................................................253

MALAYSIA ............................................................................................................ 255

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MYANMAR ............................................................................................................ 257

STANDING CHINTHAY v. SITTING CHINTHAY & SITTING CHINTHAY & TWO ...........257 RANGOON OPTICAL WORKS v. RANGOON OPTICAL WORKS ........................................259

NEW ZEALAND .................................................................................................... 263

TOMTOM And v TOM TOM..........................................................................263

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THE COOK ..................................................................................................................................268

CLIMATE PRO v CLIMATE PRO ...............................................................................................270

and MSpa v MSpa .................................................................................................272

ECOTRICITY V ECOTRICITY ..............................................................................................................274

PAKISTAN ............................................................................................................. 276

Power Sonic v Power Sonic ...........................................................................................................276

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PARAGUAY ........................................................................................................... 278

CHOCOCHIPS vs. CHOCOCHIPS ...............................................................................................278

PERU ....................................................................................................................... 280

BIOTRONIK v. BIOTRONIK .......................................................................................................280

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PHILIPPINES ........................................................................................................ 286

LE CORDON BLEU ECOLE DE CUISINE MANILLE vs. .............................................286

vs. .....................................................................................................................288

, vs. Birkenstock ..............................................................................290

IN-N-OUT BURGER vs. IN N OUT .............................................................................................292

BIG MAC vs. BIG MAK ...............................................................................................................294

RUSSIA ................................................................................................................... 296

CRISTAL v. CRISTALINO ..........................................................................................................296

VACHERON CONSTANTIN v. VACHERON CONSTANTIN ..................................................298

SERBIA ................................................................................................................... 300

v. ........................................................................................................................300

Kolid Sunday v. Sunday every day is a celebration (device) .......................................................302

SINGAPORE .......................................................................................................... 304

and A&F vs. ..............................................................................................304

A1 v. AOne ...............................................................................................................................................306

Gucci v GUCCITECH ..............................................................................................................................308

SPAIN ...................................................................................................................... 310

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OCTANAJE vs. OCTANAJE MAGACINE ..................................................................................310

HISPANO SUIZA vs. HISPANO SUIZA, FÁBRICA DE AUTOMÓVILES, S.A. ...............................312

NEW YORK FAIR & LOVELY ...................................................................................................314

CAFÉ DEL MAR ...........................................................................................................................316

SWEDEN ................................................................................................................ 318

COCOZ vs. ...........................................................................................318

CLIMATE POSITIVE vs. CLIMATE POSITIVE .............................................................................320

SVENSKA RESEBOLAGET vs. ....................................................................................322

BERGLÖFSLÅDAN vs. BERGLÖFSLÅDAN and BERGLÖFSLÅDAN ORIGINAL ........324

TAIWAN ................................................................................................................. 326

Pizza Hut, ⇕฿ᐙ v. ⇕฿ᐙ Co.,Ltd ......................................................................................326

THAILAND ............................................................................................................ 328

D2 v. .................................................................................................................................328

UK ............................................................................................................................ 331

32 vs. 32Vegas ..........................................................................................................................................331

Alexander .......................................................................................................................................333

CHINAWHITE ..............................................................................................................................335

One Max .........................................................................................................................................337

Roadrunners ...................................................................................................................................339

UKRAINE ............................................................................................................... 341

Mando v. MANDO ........................................................................................................................341

URUGUAY ............................................................................................................. 343

F1 v. F1 FORMULA 1 ...................................................................................................................343

VIETNAM .............................................................................................................. 345

SNAPCHAT vs. SNAPCHAT .......................................................................................................345

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Hyundai vs. Hyundai for electric bicycles .....................................................................................347

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List of the Contributors - Bad Faith Case Summaries of Other

Countries/Regions .................................................................................................. 349

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The application for registration of the defendant trademark was concluded to be filed for the purpose of gaining

unfair profit from assignment of trademark right or causing damages to ASRock Inc. and its dealers for the reasons

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(i) It cannot be considered, or at least the possibility is extremely low, that the defendant has an intention to engage

in business in Japan in the near future in relation to the designated goods pertaining to the Trademark.

(ii) The defendant, although not substantially engaged in any business activities, has filed a large number of

trademark applications relating to electronic equipment. Some of these applications are considered to be the

intentional applications of the trademarks identical with, or similar to, the trademarks to be used by other

companies in foreign countries.

plaintiff, requesting them to cease import and sale of the products and warning them that it may institute a criminal

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the purpose of gaining unfair profit, causing damage to another person, or other unfair purposes

The plaintiff is a car maker established in Italy in 1962. It is famous on a global level mainly for the high-end

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trademarks are also similar in terms of sound because their sounds are different for only one sound element and

the different sound elements between them are in the same vowel structure and therefore close to each other. In

appearance, these trademarks are similar in whole, although they have a slight difference. Taking these matters

into consideration as well as the actual conditions of trading including how the plaintiff and the defendant have

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cars, etc. as the designated goods, while knowing that the plaintiff is a globally famous car maker and the

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defendant has actually been making and selling custom buggies that resemble the cars made and sold by the

trademark for the purpose of gaining unfair profit, causing damage to the other person, or other unfair purposes.

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(xv)is likely to cause confusion in connection with the goods or services pertaining to a

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Daniel J. Quirk, Inc. v. Village Car Co., 120 USPQ2d 1146, 1151 (TTAB 2016) 150
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In re Seal Team PT Inc., 2016 WL 3679432 (T.T.A.B. 2016) (not precedential) 152
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DC Comics v. Deanna Rivetti, 2017 WL 3670303 (T.T.A.B. 2017) (not precedential) 154
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Tao Licensing LLC v. Bender Consulting Ltd., 125 USPQ2d 1043, 1053 (TTAB 2017)

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Board) granted a petition to cancel TAO VODKA for alcoholic

beverages excluding beer on the grounds of likelihood of confusion with TAO for restaurant and nightclub

services and due to lack of use of its mark in commerce prior to the deadline for filing the statement of use.

Tao Licensing, LLC (Petitioner) petitioned to cancel TAO VODKA for alcoholic beverages on the basis of lack

of use of the mark in commerce prior to the deadline for filing a statement of use, likelihood of confusion with

TAO for restaurant and nightclub services, lack of bona fide intent to use, and dilution.

Under Section 45 of the Trademark Act, a trademark is in use when the goods bearing the mark are sold or

transported in commerce. Prior to filing a Statement of Use on April 24, 2012, Bender Consulting Ltd.

(Respondent) had imported and distributed samples of the goods but had not actually sold any goods in

commerce. Even though some of the samples were sent to a potential distributor, the Board found that the

record as a whole reflects that Respondent was not yet using or even ready to use the mark in the ordinary course

of trade, but was merely exploring such use at some point in the future. The Board concluded that respondent

did not use the mark TAO VODKA in commerce prior to the Statement of Use deadline (September 20, 2012).

The Board considered a number of factors in assessing likelihood of confusion, including the similarities in the

marks and relatedness of the goods and services, the fame of the TAO mark, and bad faith on the part of the

Respondent. Prior to filing to register TAO VODKA, Respondent had unsuccessfully approached Petitioner to

sell Petitioner Kai Vodka. The Board found bad faith based on: 156
VODKA for the same product as Kai Vodka after Petitioner declined to purchase Kai Vodka; adoption of a font very similar to that used by Petitioner;

made to Petitioner to sell its registration at a high price and to supply petitioner with large volumes of vodka..

Weighing all of the factors, including the finding of bad faith, the Board concluded that confusion was likely.

In the interest of judicial economy, the Board did not reach the remaining claims of lack of bona fide intent to

use the mark or dilution. The Board granted the petition to cancel TAO VODKA for alcoholic beverages on

the grounds of likelihood of confusion with TAO for restaurant and nightclub services and due to lack of use of

its mark in commerce prior to the deadline for filing the statement of use. 157
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