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ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LIST (ChD)
Mr Justice Fancourt
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Before :
LORD JUSTICE COULSON
LORD JUSTICE ARNOLD
and
LORD JUSTICE ZACAROLI
Between :
EASYGROUP LIMITED | Claimant/ Appellant |
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(1) EASYFUNDRAISING LIMITED (2) THE SUPPORT GROUP (UK) LIMITED (3) IAN WOODROFFE | Defendants/ Respondents |
Simon Malynicz KC and Thomas St Quintin (instructed by Stephenson Harwood LLP) for the Appellant
Emma Himsworth KC and Chris Aikens (instructed by Hansel Henson Ltd) for the Respondents
Hearing dates : 18-19 June 2025
Approved Judgment
This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on 24 July 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.
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Lord Justice Arnold:
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- Introduction
- The parties
- The Trade Marks
- The Defendants’ Signs
- The issues in broad outline
- The legislative framework
- Assessment of the likelihood of confusion: basic principles
- Revocation for non-use: relevant principles
- Genuine use
- Variant forms
- Partial revocation
- The judge’s judgment
- The average consumer
- Revocation of the Easylife Stylised Mark
- Partial revocation of the second easyJet mark
- Revocation of the easy.com mark
- Infringement of the Easylife Word Mark
- Infringement of the Easylife Stylised Mark
- Infringement of the second easyJet mark
- Infringement by use of the @easyuk sign
- Infringement of the easy.com mark
- Standard of review on appeal
- easyGroup’s grounds of appeal
- The Defendants’ respondents’ notice
- Appeal ground 1: variant forms of the Easylife Stylised Mark
- Appeal ground 2 and respondents’ notice ground 1: partial revocation of the Easylife Stylised Mark
- Appeal ground 3 and the cross-appeal: partial revocation of the second easyJet mark
- Appeal ground 4 and respondents’ notice ground 2: genuine use of the easy.com mark
- Appeal ground 5 and respondents’ notice ground 3: infringement of the Easylife Word Mark
- Appeal ground 6 and respondents’ notice ground 4: infringement of the Easylife Stylised Mark
- Appeal ground 7 and respondents’ notice ground 5: infringement of the second easyJet mark
- Appeal ground 8 and respondents’ notice ground 6: infringement of the easy.com mark
- Conclusions