31 Jul 2009
GUCCIO GUCCI S.P.A. v. COSIMO LUDOLF GUCCI AND OTHERS
- Citation
- GUCCIO GUCCI S.P.A. v. COSIMO LUDOLF GUCCI AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1582/2008
Applying TMO s.18 and established EU/UK test for similarity, the court found there is a serious issue to be tried that several composite and device signs used by defendants (COGU used with COSIMO GUCCI/"designed by COSIMO GUCCI", horse‑bit patterns, three‑stripes webbing, CG/G monograms and G device in context) are confusingly similar to plaintiff's registered marks and that passing off claims raise serious questions; damages would not be adequate and the balance of convenience favoured plaintiff, so interlocutory relief was appropriate subject to the court receiving submissions on precise te…