30 Nov 2017
OPERATION SMILE, INC. v. BEAM INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION LTD
- Citation
- OPERATION SMILE, INC. v. BEAM INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1026/2015
The court held that the plaintiff was the proprietor of the OPERATION SMILE marks and had established goodwill in Hong Kong and Mainland China, the defendant was an alter ego/licensee whose licence was validly terminated and who continued to use the plaintiff's marks and names thereby committing trademark infringement and passing off; no real defence existed and summary judgment was granted for the plaintiff in the terms prayed with costs.