The Business Law Reports
[2025] Bus LR 251
Supreme Court
Sky plc and others v SkyKick UK Ltd and another
[2024] UKSC 36
2023 June 28, 29; 2024 Nov 13
Lord Reed PSC, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Hamblen, Lord Burrows JJSC, Lord Kitchin
Trade mark— Validity— Bad faith— Trade marks registered for wide range of goods and services— Applications allegedly made without intention to use marks in relation to some goods and services included in specifications— Whether absence of intention constituting bad faith— Wether permissible to infer bad faith from width and size of specification— Whether trade marks invalid—
Trade Marks Act 1994 (c 26), s 3(6)[1]
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Parliament and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1001, art 59(1)[2]
Trade mark— Infringement— Specification of goods and services— Goods or services defined using unclear, imprecise or ambiguous terms— Proper approach to determining extent of terms
Trade mark— European Union trade mark— Pending proceedings— EU trade mark Infringement and invalidity proceedings pending on date of United Kingdom’s withdrawal from European Union— Whether UK courts retaining status as EU trade mark courts— Whether jurisdiction in relation to pending proceedings encompassing validity and infringement in member states—
Trade Marks Act 1994, Sch 2A, para 20
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Trade Marks (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/269), Sch 5, para 7(2)[3]
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Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community
, art 67
[4]
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Parliament and Council Regulation (EU) No 2017/1001, arts 122–135