{"id":160,"date":"2018-02-14T05:32:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T05:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=160"},"modified":"2023-11-24T05:59:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T05:59:09","slug":"motorola-succesfully-blocks-at-first-instance-the-registration-of-motomo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veralaw.com\/?p=160","title":{"rendered":"MOTOROLA SUCCESFULLY BLOCKS AT FIRST INSTANCE THE REGISTRATION OF \u201cMOTOMO\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Motorola Trademark Holdings, Inc. opposed the registration of MOTOMO filed by respondent-applicant Yuling Lin for use on \u201ccellphone accessories namely, cellphone cover, cellphone cases, screen protector, headphones; headsets, carrying cases for headphones\u201d. The competing marks are shown below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-161\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Untitled-300x34.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.veralaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Untitled-300x34.png 300w, https:\/\/www.veralaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Untitled.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In its Decision dated 22 December 2017 (IPC No. 14-2015-00026), the IPO Bureau of Legal Affairs sustained Motorola\u2019s Opposition pointing out that \u201cthe contending marks are almost identical, as both contain the syllables \u201cMO\u201d and \u201cTO\u201d. The difference between the marks, consisting of the ending syllable \u201cLA\u201d in \u201cMOTOROLA\u201d and \u201cMO\u201d in \u201cMOTOMO\u201d do not produce a significant and distinct character to substantially distinguish one from the other. The competing marks are similar in physical and aural properties\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The other factors considered by the IPO Bureau of Legal Affairs in denying MOTOMO\u2019s registration are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">While \u201cMOTOMO\u201d particularly covers \u201ccellphone accessories\u201d and \u201cMOTOROLA\u201d covers a wider range of goods that include communication devices and communication accessories, the goods are nonetheless similar and\/or related \u201cbecause of the classification of goods, and other consideration such as similarity in the class of consumers and channels of trade\u201d;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> MOTOROLA has existing registrations for its trademarks and has substantially proved its continuous and actual use of its marks in various countries and as such, \u201cMOTOMO\u201d should not be allowed to proceed to registration because it resembles the mark \u201cMOTOROLA\u201d as to likely deceive or cause confusion; and<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> MOTOROLA\u2019s mark and its variants are unique and highly distinctive and it is highly incredible for the respondent-applicant Yuling Lin to have come up with the \u201cMOTOMO\u201d mark by pure coincidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As such, Yuling Lin has to bid adieu to his ambition to register the mark \u201cMOTOMO\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motorola Trademark Holdings, Inc. opposed the registration of MOTOMO filed by respondent-applicant Yuling Lin for use on \u201ccellphone accessories namely, cellphone cover, cellphone cases, screen protector, headphones; headsets, carrying cases for headphones\u201d. The competing marks are shown below: In its Decision dated&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.veralaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.veralaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.veralaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.veralaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.veralaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.veralaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3154,"href":"https:\/\/www.veralaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions\/3154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.veralaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.veralaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.veralaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}