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Intellectual Property Enterprise Court
Claim No: IP-2022-000076 - [2024] EWHC 88 (IPEC)
Fecha: 24-Ene-2024
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LIST (ChD)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENTERPRISE COURT
Rolls Building
New Fetter Lane
London
Neutral Citation Number: [2024] EWHC 88 (IPEC)
Date: 24 January 2024
B e f o r e :
HER HONOUR JUDGE MELISSA CLARKE
sitting as a Judge of the High Court
B E T W E E N :
Claim No: IP-2022-000076
(1) THATCHERS CIDER COMPANY LIMITED | Claimant |
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(1) ALDI STORES LIMITED | Defendant |
Martin Howe KC and Beth Collett (instructed by Stephens Scown LLP)for the Claimant
Stephanie Wickenden and Niamh Herrett (instructed by Freeths LLP) for the Defendant
Hearing dates: 23 and 24 November 2023
JUDGMENT
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- Her Honour Judge Melissa Clarke
- Section 2
- THE CLAIM
- What is the sign complained of?
- THE DEFENCE
- THE LIST OF ISSUES
- WITNESSES
- FACTUAL BACKGROUND
- The Thatchers Product
- The Trade Mark
- Marketing and sales of the Thatchers Product
- Aldi and the Taurus range of ciders
- “Benchmarking”
- Use of the Sign
- Sales achieved by the Aldi Product
- LAW
- Section 10(2) (b) TMA infringement
- Section 10(3) infringement
- Passing off
- ISSUES
- Scope of assessment
- Further submissions on similarity
- Determination
- Conclusions