PC WORLD - 169394

• Administrative Decision Number: 169394
• Date: 05 January 2005
• opponent: DSG RETAIL LIMITED

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TRADE MARKS ACT, 1963

Decision in Hearing under Section 26

IN THE MATTER OF an application for registration of Trade Mark No. B169394

and in the matter of an Opposition thereto.

INTERNATIONAL DATA GROUP, INC. Applicant

DSG RETAIL LIMITED Opponent

The application

1. On 11 July, 1995, INTERNATIONAL DATA GROUP, INC., a corporation

organised and existing under the laws of the State of Massachusetts, United States

of America, of 5 Speen Street, Framingham, Massachusetts 01701-9192, U.S.A.,

made application (No. 95/4700) to register the words “PC WORLD” as a Trade

Mark in Part A of the Register in Class 16 in respect of a specification of goods

that was amended in the course of the examination of the application to read as

follows:

“Publications relating to computers, computing, computer software and

information technology”

2. The Application was subsequently advertised as accepted for registration in Part B

of the Register under No. B169394 in Journal No. 1790 on 10 July, 1996.

3. Notice of Opposition to the registration of the mark pursuant to Section 26 of the

Act was filed on 10 December, 1996 by DSG RETAIL LIMITED of Maylands

Avenue, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP2 7PG, England. The Applicant

filed a counter-statement on 20 February, 1997 and evidence was, in due course,

filed by the parties under Rules 37, 38 and 39 of the Trade Mark Rules, 1963.

4. The Opposition became the subject of a Hearing before me, acting for the

Controller, on 14 June, 2004. The parties were notified on 14 December, 2004