{"id":2038,"date":"2022-04-20T01:44:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T01:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.veralaw.com\/?p=2038"},"modified":"2024-04-23T02:54:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T02:54:34","slug":"even-if-there-is-no-i-in-artal-by-atty-jai-andrew-e-puno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veralaw.com\/?p=2038","title":{"rendered":"EVEN IF THERE IS NO \u201cI\u201d IN ARTAL"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2038\" class=\"elementor elementor-2038\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-88b0d3c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"88b0d3c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bdedc9\" data-id=\"1bdedc9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ca4763 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ca4763\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ALMIRALL S.A. (\u201cPetitioner\u201d), registered owner of the trademark \u201cAIRTAL\u201d filed a petition to cancel the mark \u201cARTAL\u201d under the name of AGLOBAL CARE, INC.\u00a0 (\u201cRespondent\u201d).<\/p><p>The Petitioner argued that when two marks, belonging to different proprietors, are identical or nearly resemble each other such as to likely deceive or cause confusion, and the marks pertain to the same goods or services, the mark first filed would be regarded as the superior registration.<\/p><p>In its Decision, the Bureau of Legal Affairs (BLA) ruled in favor of the Petitioner and concluded that there is likelihood of confusion due to close resemblance between the marks, as the Respondent merely deleted the second letter \u201cI\u201d in Petitioner\u2019s \u201cAIRTAL\u201d to come up with the mark \u201cARTAL.\u201d<\/p><p>The BLA also recognized that \u201cARTAL\u201d covers goods that are similar to \u201cAIRTAL\u201d specifically pharmaceutical preparations\/drugs, as such, there is likelihood that the public will be mistaken into believing that Respondent\u2019s mark is just a variation of Petitioner\u2019s mark or that their goods come from the same source or manufacturer.<\/p><p>(ALMIRALL S.A. vs. AGLOBAL CARE, INC., Decision No. CD-2022\/2246 dated 2 March 2022)<\/p><p><em>Jai Andrew E. Puno is an Associate of the Trademark Department of VeraLaw.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb91255 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fb91255\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">By: Atty. Jai Andrew E. Puno<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALMIRALL S.A. 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