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I submitted a UK trademark application and have just received confirmation from the trademark office that, if I proceed with my application, they'll be contacting other trademark owners to notify them. They say "My initial view is that your trade mark and your goods are similar to the earlier trade marks and their goods and services." and the letter seems to be quite a general formality.
I'm not really concerned about the other trademarks except for one. I'll give you a similar example:
Let's say my logo is a cute cat illustration and the words FelixCat. I have applied to register both the logo and the word.
Someone's else's logo is a cat's bum/tail and the words FelixCatClub. They only have the logo trademark and not the word.
We have not registered in the same classes/categories at all, although there is some overlap.
To make things interesting I happen to have the domain FelixCat.Club whereas they have FelixCatClub.com . Perhaps I should ditch my domain name already! We are selling in a similar niche i.e. for cats, but our products are different. I sell a very small selection of my own design, own brand items. They sell other people's products on their branded website.
**note that all names above are examples which are SIMILAR, they're not the actual names.
The letter I received from the trademark office informs me that if someone opposes my application and wins, I will have to cover their costs. This is the bit that's making me uncertain!
I'm not really concerned about the other trademarks except for one. I'll give you a similar example:
Let's say my logo is a cute cat illustration and the words FelixCat. I have applied to register both the logo and the word.
Someone's else's logo is a cat's bum/tail and the words FelixCatClub. They only have the logo trademark and not the word.
We have not registered in the same classes/categories at all, although there is some overlap.
To make things interesting I happen to have the domain FelixCat.Club whereas they have FelixCatClub.com . Perhaps I should ditch my domain name already! We are selling in a similar niche i.e. for cats, but our products are different. I sell a very small selection of my own design, own brand items. They sell other people's products on their branded website.
**note that all names above are examples which are SIMILAR, they're not the actual names.
The letter I received from the trademark office informs me that if someone opposes my application and wins, I will have to cover their costs. This is the bit that's making me uncertain!
