4 Dec 2008
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC v. REGISTRAR OF TRADE MARKS
- Citation
- SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC v. REGISTRAR OF TRADE MARKS
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV171/2007
The hearing officer and the judge correctly found that the applied‑for 3‑dimensional marks were neither inherently distinctive nor shown to be distinctive on the evidence; the applicant failed to discharge the burden of proof of acquired distinctiveness, so the marks were unregistrable under sections 9(1)(e) and 10(1) of the Trade Marks Ordinance; the appeals are therefore dismissed.