CrossFit LLC was unsuccessful in invalidating the registered mark “CrossFeet” by Sweden-based company, Play Distribution Pte Ltd. The former specialises in fitness content, education and training, and the latter deals mainly with training socks and apparel designed for use during fitness workouts. CrossFit sought invalidation on various grounds, including confusing similarity of the marks and that its mark is “well known in Singapore”.
On the ground of confusing similarity, the legal decision concluded that the conceptual differences would counteract visual and aural similarities between the two marks and that there was no likelihood of confusion between the marks.
The evidence lodged also fell short of demonstrating that “CrossFit” had become a well-known mark in Singapore at the Relevant Date.
