METRO - 177062

• Date: 28 November 2011
• Administrative Decision Number: 177062
• opponent: METRO INDUSTRIES LIMITED
• Section: Trade Marks Act, 1996 - 2008-2017

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TRADE MARKS ACT, 1996

Decision in Hearing

IN THE MATTER OF an application for the partial revocation of the registration of Trade

Mark No. 177062, and in the matter of the registered proprietor’s opposition thereto.

MIP METRO GROUP INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GmbH & Co. KG Applicant

METRO INDUSTRIES LIMITED Proprietor

The registration

1. METRO INDUSTRIES LIMITED of One East First Street, Suite 1411, Reno, Nevada,

89501, United States of America, a Corporation organised and existing under the laws of

the State of Nevada, United States of America, is the registered proprietor of the trade

mark METRO (registration No. 177062), with a filing date of 4 February, 1994, in

respect of the following goods:

Class 6: Ironmongery; small items of metal hardware; shelf support posts, shelf post

clamps, post levelling feet, shelf joining clamps, shelf wall mounts, coat hanger tubes

and brackets, shelf brackets, reel holders, sway braces, corner braces, shelf spacers,

shelf dividers, shelf slides, casters, shelf rods and joining tabs all made primarily of

metal; wire baskets used in burning rubbish; and parts and fittings included in Class 6

for all the aforesaid goods.

Class 10: Medical, surgical apparatus; hospital crash carts, catheter carts; surgical

case carts and suture carts; catheter baskets; all the aforesaid goods included in Class

10; and parts and fittings included in Class 10 for all the aforesaid goods.

Class 12: Carts, trucks, dollies and trolleys; linen hampers; rubbish bag carriers; parts

and fittings for all the aforesaid goods.