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Intellectual Property [2024] ZAGPPHC 706

Bayer Intellectual Property GMBH v Austell Pharmaceuticals Proprietary Limited and Another (020175/2023)

Bayer Intellectual Property GMBH v Austell Pharmaceuticals Proprietary Limited and Another (020175/2023) [2024] ZAGPPHC 706 (19 July 2024)

Court
North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria
Case number
020175/2023
Judge
Meaden

The court cancelled the REZALTO trade mark and interdicted its use, finding it confusingly similar to XARELTO for identical pharmaceutical goods.

  • Trade Mark Infringement
  • Likelihood Of Confusion
  • Expungement Of Registration
  • Interdictory Relief
  • Pharmaceutical Products
  • Trade-mark-infringement
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Intellectual Property [2014] ZAWCHC 4

Etraction (Pty) Ltd v Tyrecor (Pty) Ltd (16926/11 , 16926A/11)

Etraction (Pty) Ltd v Tyrecor (Pty) Ltd (16926/11 , 16926A/11) [2014] ZAWCHC 4; [2014] 2 All SA 90 (WCC); 2014 BIP 127 (WCC) (5 February 2014)

Court
Western Cape High Court, Cape Town
Case number
16926/11 , 16926A/11
Judge
Salie-Samuels

The High Court dismissed a trade mark interdict and upheld prior-use defence under section 36(1), while ordering partial expungement of “tyres” from the register.

  • Trade Mark Infringement
  • Prior Use Defence
  • Expungement Of Registration
  • Bona Fide Proprietorship
  • Passing Off
  • Territorial Nature Of Trademarks
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