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Those are shiny, shiny underpants. I think any confidence you might gain from knowing your flatulence is under control would be overshadowed by the fact that you are wearing plastic underwear that is most likely squeaking and rustling like a bag full of mice.
"As can be seen the magazine character is clearly a young boy wearing short trousers and with a clown like face in that the nose is large and the eyebrows exaggerated and finally a very distinctive star pattern hairstyle residing on the very top of his head. In contrast, the applicants' trade mark shows an adult male wearing a collar and tie, albeit with his trousers round his ankles ...
"Regarding the names 'Johnny Fartpants' and 'FARTY PANTS,' clearly there are similarities in that both contain a reference to the words 'fart' and 'pants'. However, the opponents use in their magazine clearly is a reference to a character, whilst the applicants' use implies a condition rather than relating to the character shown as part of its mark ... In my opinion the marks are not sufficiently similar that use of the applicants' mark, on the goods applied for, would give rise to confusion by the public. The opposition under Section 5(4)(a) therefore fails."
I still want to know why that bean eatin' tootmeister is reading the book of Urantia in bed. That's not light reading. Cultish fairy stories, sure, but not all that fluffy.