INTRODUCTION
1.This is a trade mark infringement and passing off claim arising out of the sale of aluminium flagpoles on Amazon.co.uk.2.The Claimants are related companies with common shareholders. The First Claimant is the registered proprietor of United Kingdom trade mark number 2653159 for the device mark:
which was filed on 18 February 2013 and registered with effect from 30 August 2013 in class 20 for ‘flagpoles plastic storage box garden furniture’ (the “
- Sitting as a deputy Judge of the High Court
- Defendant
- INTRODUCTION
- Trade Mark
- CHRONOLOGY
- ISSUES
- title
- Section 10(2) TMA
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- link
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- Passing Off
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- ANALYSIS OF ISSUES
- Average Consumer
- Use of the sign complained of
- Sign identical or similar to the Trade Mark
- LTJ Diffusion
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- QUANTUM OF DAMAGES
- SUMMARY