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Original Bucks Fizz members lose trade mark battle over name
Fri 9th Sep 11 - 13:17

The Intellectual Property Office has ruled that the public would be likely to be confused if three original members of Bucks Fizz were allowed to register a trade mark that included the band's name.

The decision comes after Mike Nolan, Cheryl Baker, Jay Aston challenged the use of “Bucks Fizz” by Heidi Manton, who was a later member of the group and who registered the name in 2001.

Nolan, Baker and Aston, who have performed as The Original Bucks Fizz, tried to register the name as a trade mark as well as to revoke the “Bucks Fizz” trade mark owned by Manton.

The IPO rejected the original members' claims to goodwill in the trade mark, stating that they had individually given up any rights since they left the original group.