The Weekly Law Reports
[2022] 4 WLR 9
Court of Appeal
Thomas
v
Luv One Luv All Promotions Ltd and another
[2021] EWCA Civ 732
2021 April 29; May 20
Lewison, Newey, Lewis LJJ
Estoppel— Per rem judicatam— Issue estoppel— Hearing officer invalidating registration of trade mark on basis of bad faith and on basis that use of mark liable to be prevented by virtue of law of passing off— Claimant bringing claim in passing off— Claimant applying to strike out defence on basis of estoppel— Whether decision containing two rationes decidendi capable of creating issue estoppel— Whether inability to appeal against one of the rationes constituting special circumstance disapplying operation of issue estoppel—
Trade Marks Act 1994 (c 26), s 5(4)
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Trade Marks (Relative Grounds) Order 2007
(SI 2007/1976), arts 2, 5
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