Index card Bentley 1962 Ltd v Bentley Motors Ltd

Bentley 1962 Ltd v Bentley Motors Ltd

Hearings

England & Wales

01 Nov 2019 [2019] EWHC 2925 (Ch), Ch D (Judge Hacon Sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge)

16 Dec 2020 [2020] EWCA Civ 1726; [2021] Bus LR 736; [2020] WLR(D) 687, CA (Lewison, Arnold LJJ, Marcus Smith J)

Subject Matter

TRADE MARK — Infringement — Use — Trade mark legislation extending scope of trade mark owner’s rights — Defendant in infringement proceedings relying on defence in transitional provisions for continued use of sign not amounting to infringement under old law — Scope of defence — Observations on interpretation of transitional provisions in intellectual property legislation — Trade Marks Act 1994 (c 26), Sch 3, para 4

[2020] EWCA Civ 1726; [2021] Bus LR 736; [2020] WLR(D) 687, CA

Commentary

NIPC Law
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