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Sky Ltd & Ors v Skykick UK Ltd & Anor

The High Court held SkyKick infringed Sky’s trade marks in relation to Cloud Backup, granted an injunction, and ordered each side to bear its own costs.

  • Trade mark infringement
  • Partial invalidity
  • Injunctions
  • Costs
  • Bad faith registration
  • Damages in lieu of injunction
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Intellectual property [2020] EWHC 990 (Ch)

Sky Plc & Ors v Skykick UK Ltd & Anor

Sky Plc & Ors v Skykick UK Ltd & Anor [2020] EWHC 990 (Ch) (29 April 2020)

The High Court held Sky’s marks were not invalid for lack of clarity, but were partly invalid for bad faith. Infringement was made out at least for electronic mail services.

  • Trade mark infringement
  • Trade mark validity
  • Bad faith registration
  • Specification clarity and precision
  • Partial invalidity
  • Interpretation of trade mark specifications
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Intellectual property [2014] EWHC 185 (Ch)

Comic Enterprises Ltd v Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp

Comic Enterprises Ltd v Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp [2014] EWHC 185 (Ch) (07 February 2014)

The High Court held that Twentieth Century Fox infringed Comic Enterprises’ trade mark and passed off, but also limited the registration by partial revocation for non-use.

  • Trade mark infringement
  • Passing off
  • Partial invalidity
  • Partial revocation
  • Series marks
  • Non-use
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Intellectual property

Comic Enterprises Ltd v Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp

Trade mark and passing off dispute over Fox’s use of “glee”; infringement found, passing off dismissed, and the registration was partly revoked for non-use.

  • Trademark infringement
  • Partial revocation
  • Partial invalidity
  • Passing off
  • Likelihood of confusion
  • Distinctiveness
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Intellectual property [2014] EWHC 123 (Ch)

Maier & Anor v Asos Plc & Anor

Maier & Anor v Asos Plc & Anor [2014] EWHC 123 (Ch) (04 February 2014)

The High Court dismissed Assos’ partial invalidity challenge to ASOS’ UK trade mark, save for narrow specification carve-outs for cycling-related goods.

  • Partial invalidity
  • Likelihood of confusion
  • Passing off
  • Reputation and unfair advantage
  • Specification carve-out
  • Trade-marks
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Intellectual property [2013] EWHC 2831 (Ch)

Maier & Anor v Asos Plc & Anor

Maier & Anor v Asos Plc & Anor [2013] EWHC 2831 (Ch) (19 September 2013)

Trade mark dispute between ASSOS and ASOS. The court partially revoked ASSOS for non-use, rejected infringement and passing off claims, and dismissed partial invalidity.

  • Partial revocation for non-use
  • Trade mark infringement
  • Likelihood of confusion
  • Own name defence
  • Passing off
  • Partial invalidity
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Intellectual property

Maier & Anor v Asos Plc & Anor

The High Court partially revoked Assos’ trade mark for non-use, rejected ASOS’ invalidity counterclaim, and dismissed Assos’ infringement and passing off claims.

  • Trade mark revocation
  • Trade mark infringement
  • Passing off
  • Partial invalidity
  • Own name defence
  • Dilution
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Intellectual property [2007] EWHC 37 (Ch)

Sunrider Corporation (t/a Sunrider International) v Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd

Sunrider Corporation (t/a Sunrider International) v Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd [2007] EWHC 37 (Ch) (31 January 2007)

The High Court held that syrups not made for beverages did not fall within the original VITALITE class 32 specification and restricted the mark accordingly.

  • Trade mark specification
  • Class 32 classification
  • Partial invalidity
  • Surrender of mark
  • Trade-mark-specification
  • Class-32-classification
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