Bentley Motors loses invalidity action against BENTLEY mark for clothing

The UKIPO has rejected an application filed by Bentley Motors, the British manufacturer and marketer of luxury cars, for a declaration of invalidity of the mark BENTLEY, owned by British clothing company Bentley 1962. Among other things, the UKIPO noted that Bentley 1962’s mark was registered and used from at least 1998, at which date there was no evidence of an established merchandising connection between car manufacturers and clothing.