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WEDNESDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER 2009
CFI finds likelihood of confusion between sensixx and Centrixx
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CFI finds likelihood of confusion between sensixx and Centrixx
Royal Appliance International GmbH applied in 2003 for the CTM Centrixx for vacuum cleaners and other household appliances. Bosch and Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH opposed based on its older German mark sensixx, also claiming protection for household appliances. The opposition division found no likelihood of confusion. The 4th Board of Appeal reversed. The CFI affirmed.
The CFI noted that Centrixx would be pronounced "as an English word" by German speakers, i.e. as "Sentrixx", not "TSentrixx". "Sentrixx" and "sensixx" were phonetically very close. Neither mark had a clear meaning that would be immediately understood and help to tell the marks apart. There was a risk of confusion.
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