C’s claims in infringement and passing off
9.C claims infringement by the Defendants of C’s Trade Marks pursuant to sections 10(2)(b) and 10(3) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 (“TMA”) as result of their:i)Offering for sale, selling, offering for rent, renting and/or importing commercial cleaning equipment, in particular floor cleaning machines, under, by reference to and/or branded with:a)The sign ICEb)D1’s ICE Logoc)D1’s ICE Robotics Logo;ii)Importing commercial cleaning equipment, in particular floor cleaning machines, under, by reference to, and/or branded witha)The sign ICEb)D1’s ICE Logo;iii)Intending imminently to carry out the above acts under and/or by reference to the signs above and/or D1’s ICE Robotics Logo and/or D1’s ICE Cobotics Logo, on a quia timet basis.10.C further claims that in consequence of C’s goodwill in its business under or by reference to the sign ICE, C’s ICE Logo and C’s Trade Marks, these acts of the Defendants complained of, by use of the sign ICE or D1’s ICE Logo or D1’s ICE Robotics Logo, constitute passing off as misrepresenting to consumers that goods or services marked with those signs or offered under or by reference to them are those of C or are connected in the course of trade to C, contrary to fact.
- INTRODUCTION
- ICE Group
- Killis
- C’s Trade Marks
- D1’s 2015 Trade Marks
- C’s claims in infringement and passing off
- The Defendants’ defence to infringement and passing off
- C’s invalidity case
- The Defendants’ counterclaim
- C’s Defence to Counterclaim
- Trade Mark Infringement
- Trade Mark Invalidity
- Absolute grounds for refusal of registration
- Relative grounds for refusal of registration
- Passing-off in the context of invalidity (section 5(4)(a) TMA)
- Acquiescence
- in use
- WITNESSES
- Darren Marston
- Mark Bresnihan
- Sean Edwards
- Michael Pang
- Alexander Schless
- Tibor Killi
- THE FACTS
- www.ice-clean.com
- ICE Machines
- DRYVER machines
- agreed
- THE ISSUES
- C’s invalidity claims in relation to D1’s 2015 Trade Marks pursuant to sections 47(2)(b) and 5(4)(a) TMA
- Relevant date
- Goodwill
- Misrepresentation
- Damage
- Conclusion in relation to sections 47(2) and 5(4)(a) TMA
- Statutory acquiescence – sections 48 and 5(4)(a) TMA
- Ds’ invalidity claims in relation to C’s Trade Marks
- C’s invalidity claims in respect of D1’s 2020 Trade Marks
- Sections 47(2)(a) and 5(2) TMA – Likelihood of confusion
- Sections 47(2)(b) and 5(4)(a) TMA – use liable to be prevented by Passing Off
- Ss 47(1) and 3(6)TMA – Bad Faith
- Issue 5 – Infringement of C’s Trade Marks
- Infringement by Killis
- Infringement by D3
- Passing-off
- SUMMARY
- Counterclaim
