Dalsouple Societe Saumuroise du Caouchouc v Dalsouple Direct Ltd

Subject Matter

TRADE MARK — Registration — Grounds for refusal or invalidation of registration — Applicant holding international trade mark registration — Applicant objecting to registration of identical mark in United Kingdom — Proprietor of UK mark contending that applicant had consented to registration of mark — Whether requirement that consent be in writing — Requirements of consent — Whether registration invalid — Trade Marks Act 1994, ss 3(6), 5(4)(5)

[2015] Bus LR 464