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Intellectual Property Enterprise Court
Claim No: IP-2022-000076 - [2024] EWHC 88 (IPEC)
Fecha: 24-Ene-2024
Her Honour Judge Melissa Clarke
Her Honour Judge Melissa Clarke:
INTRODUCTION
The Claimant (“Thatchers”) is a long-established cider and alcoholic beverage producer. It is the registered proprietor of UK trade mark number 3489711, for the below device mark, registered in respect of “Cider; Alcoholic beverages, except beer” all in class 33 (“the TradeMark”):
- Heading
- 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