Reputation | Matthew Arnold & Baldwin LLP | Giving you a lot more than just law...

Latest news and views tagged reputation

RSS

US website loses battle for passing off as reputation amongst UK users not enough to establish goodwill if it does not have customers – Plentyoffish Media v Plenty More, High Court

4 November 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The operator of a US dating website, Plentyoffish, opposed an application by Plenty More, a UK dating website, to register a figurative trade mark using the words “plenty more fish”. Plentyoffish argued...

Tags on this discussion: brand branding brands date dating dating website domain name figurative trade mark goodwill goodwill passing off High Court infringement Intellectual property intellectual property rights Internet IP Online online content passing off reputation reputation passing off trade mark trade mark registration trade marks Trade Marks Act 1994 unauthorised unlawful web web site web sites Website website content websites

Intellectual Property Office makes its mind up and gives trade mark decision against original members of Bucks Fizz

19 September 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Three of the original members of Bucks Fizz, the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest winning group, have lost in an attempt to register the BUCKS FIZZ trade mark in the UK and to revoke someone else’s UK registration...

Tags on this discussion: brand brand protection branding brands goodwill infringement Intellectual Property Office IP IP infringement IP Office registered trade mark reputation trade mark trade mark directive trade mark infringement trade marks Trade Marks Act Trade Marks Act 1994 trade marks directive trademark trademark infringement trademarks UK Trade Mark UK Trade Marks

Life on the edge fails – Future Publishing Ltd v The Edge Interactive Media Inc, High Court

10 July 2011 | Mark Weston

FP distributed a computer gaming magazine, called ‘Edge’, which had a distinctive logo for its title. One of the defendant companies owned ‘Edge’ trade marks for goods in class 16 (books, paper,...

Tags on this discussion: agreement agreements brand branding brands breach breach of agreement breach of contract coexistence agreement commercial agreement commercial agreements Commercial contract commercial contracts confusingly similar confusion contract contract breach contracts copyright copyright infringement fundamental breach goodwill High Court infringement Intellectual property intellectual property law intellectual property rights invalid IP IP infringement IP law likelihood of confusion misrepresentation registered trade mark repudiatory breach reputation trade mark trade mark infringement trade marks trademark trademark infringement trademarks

United copycat hopes suffer crash landing – United Airlines Inc v United Airways Limited and United Airways Bangladesh Limited, High Court

4 July 2011 | Paul Gershlick

United Airlines, the famous US airline, has won a comprehensive victory and obtained summary judgment in the High Court against a Bangladeshi airline that went under the name United Airways. The High Court...

Tags on this discussion: bad faith brand brand protection branding brands confusingly similar confusion goodwill High Court infringement injunction Intellectual property intellectual property rights IP IP infringement IP protection likelihood of confusion misrepresentation passing off registered trade mark reputation similar summary judgment trade mark trade mark directive trade mark infringement trade marks Trade Marks Act trade marks directive trademark trademark infringement trademarks unfair unfair advantage

High Court awards injunction to stop ex-agent using domain names similar to his ex-client’s – Lifestyle Management Ltd v Frater, High Court

21 December 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The High Court has awarded an injunction to stop the agent of its previous client from using three domain names that were confusingly similar to its ex-client’s domain names. Lifestyle Management was...

Tags on this discussion: agent brand brand protection branding brands damage domain name domain names goodwill High Court injunction Intellectual property intellectual property rights interim injunction Internet IP IP infringement misrepresentation Online passing off reputation reverse passing off

It’s drinks all round as Diageo celebrates confirmation that VODKA has sufficient protectable rights in passing off – Diageo v Intercontinental Brands, Court of Appeal

17 August 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Diageo – the owner of the market leading brand, Smirnoff – has obtained an important judgment protecting the vodka name from being passed off as a cheaper imitation called vodkat. Smirnoff has been...

Tags on this discussion: brand brand protection branding brands confusingly similar confusion Court of Appeal goodwill High Court Intellectual property intellectual property rights IP misrepresentation passing off reputation

Trade mark applicant told that use of Idol is not ideal

13 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Intellectual Property Office has allowed in part an application from the owners of the POP IDOL registered trade mark to oppose the application for MODEL IDOL. The description of some of the advertising...

Tags on this discussion: brand branding brands goodwill Intellectual property Intellectual Property Office intellectual property rights IP IPO reputation trade mark trade mark infringement trade marks unfair

Numatic fails to see funny side of imitation as Henry cleans up in vacuum dispute – Numatic v Qualtex, High Court

7 June 2010 | Mark Weston

In what has proved to be a very dirty dispute, Numatic has obtained a ruling from the High Court that Qualtex’s proposed new vacuum cleaner amounted to passing off. The prototype for the product looked...

Tags on this discussion: confusingly similar confusion goodwill High Court Intellectual property intellectual property rights IP passing off reputation

Small Essex café owner tells Harrods that they’ll continue to call themselves Hollands

7 June 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The owner of a small café in Essex has vowed to carry on calling themselves Hollands, despite a heavyweight challenge by Harrods. Nigel Holland said he was ‘amazed’ when Harrods’ lawyers wrote to...

Tags on this discussion: brand brand protection branding brands confusingly similar confusion free riding goodwill Intellectual property intellectual property rights IP passing off reputation trade mark trade mark infringement trade marks

Ruling tastes good for Smirnoff as vodka name gets protected status – Diageo v Intercontinental Brands, High Court

9 February 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Tags on this discussion: confusingly similar confusion goodwill Intellectual property intellectual property rights misrepresentation passing off reputation

Latest news and views tagged reputation

US website loses battle for passing off as reputation amongst UK users not enough to establish goodwill if it does not have customers – Plentyoffish Media v Plenty More, High Court

Intellectual Property Office makes its mind up and gives trade mark decision against original members of Bucks Fizz

Life on the edge fails – Future Publishing Ltd v The Edge Interactive Media Inc, High Court

United copycat hopes suffer crash landing – United Airlines Inc v United Airways Limited and United Airways Bangladesh Limited, High Court

High Court awards injunction to stop ex-agent using domain names similar to his ex-client’s – Lifestyle Management Ltd v Frater, High Court

It’s drinks all round as Diageo celebrates confirmation that VODKA has sufficient protectable rights in passing off – Diageo v Intercontinental Brands, Court of Appeal

Trade mark applicant told that use of Idol is not ideal

Numatic fails to see funny side of imitation as Henry cleans up in vacuum dispute – Numatic v Qualtex, High Court

Small Essex café owner tells Harrods that they’ll continue to call themselves Hollands

Ruling tastes good for Smirnoff as vodka name gets protected status – Diageo v Intercontinental Brands, High Court

Contact us

View latest Upload

Subscribe to Upload

Employer Helpline

Events

News