Trade marks: validity and infringement in localised use | Practical Law

Trade marks: validity and infringement in localised use | Practical Law

The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court has considered infringement and the validity of word and device marks in the case of prior earlier rights based on localised goodwill, and held that both marks were not infringed and the word mark was invalid.

Trade marks: validity and infringement in localised use

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Trade marks: validity and infringement in localised use

by Bird & Bird LLP
Published on 28 Jan 2016United Kingdom
The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court has considered infringement and the validity of word and device marks in the case of prior earlier rights based on localised goodwill, and held that both marks were not infringed and the word mark was invalid.