Should ASDA have gone to Specsavers to see that its strapline would take...
Specsavers was a famous money-saving optician and had registered trade marks for its name and two overlapping ovals logo. Asda was re-launching its optician service. Specsavers objected to the logo and...
View ArticleASA: promoter does not need to obtain branded prize’s permission
A person giving away as a prize the products of another brand does not need to obtain that other brand’s permission, if there is no other suggestion that the two are linked. Stella McCartney – the...
View ArticleM&S finds keyword advertising policy not smelling of roses as Advocate...
An Advocate General has given his view to the European Court of Justice in a trade mark infringement case involving keyword advertising. The case revolved around M&S sponsoring “Interflora” as a...
View ArticleUnited copycat hopes suffer crash landing – United Airlines Inc v United...
United Airlines, the famous US airline, has won a comprehensive victory and obtained summary judgment in the High Court against a Bangladeshi airline that went under the name United Airways. The High...
View ArticleConfusion between Gaga and Goo Goo results in injunction – Ate My Heart v...
Ate My Heart has succeeded in obtaining a High Court injunction to stop Mind Candy from promoting a song on YouTube and iTunes featuring the fictional character Lady Goo Goo. Ate My Heart was the...
View ArticleSpecsavers seeing better now after appeals against Asda upheld – Specsavers...
In 2010, the High Court was asked to consider whether a marketing campaign and rebranding by Asda in relation to its optician service infringed trade marks held by Specsavers. Many of Specsavers’...
View ArticleAsda refused permission to appeal to Supreme Court in Specsavers case –...
The Court of Appeal recently ruled that Asda had infringed some of Specsavers’ registered trade marks in an advertising campaign by using certain straplines and a logo on the grounds of unfair...
View ArticleBall back in play in EU GOLDEN BALLS dispute
Intra-Presse SAS v OHIM and Golden Balls Ltd, European Court of Justice The European Court of Justice has allowed an appeal regarding the registration of GOLDEN BALLS for dissimilar goods to those...
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