Victoria Jones in successful in 'Rainbow Rangers' decision
12th April 2022
3PB’s specialist IP barrister Victoria Jones is successful in an appeal before the Appointed Person. Victoria recently represented Genius Brands International, Inc in an appeal against a decision by a hearing officer of the UKIPO refusing to register its ‘RAINBOW RANGERS’ mark as a result of an opposition brought by The Guide Association.
In her decision, the Appointed Person, Emma Himsworth QC found that the hearing officer had erred in finding that there was a likelihood of indirect confusion between the ‘RAINBOW RANGERS’ mark and The Guide Association’s 2 series marks for ‘Ranger(s)’ and ‘Rainbow(s)’ respectively. A copy of the decision can be found here..
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