Hearings
England & Wales
27 Feb 2023 [2023] EWHC 411 (IPEC), Ch D (Judge Melissa Clarke sitting as a High Court judge)
06 Dec 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 1451; [2024] Bus LR 103; [2023] WLR(D) 511, CA (King, Arnold, Nugee LJJ)
Industrial Cleaning Equipment (Southampton) Ltd v Intelligent Cleaning Equipment Holdings Co Ltd
Subject Matter
TRADE MARK — Infringement — Use — Defence — First defendant registering international trade mark with EU designation — Claimant bringing infringement action in relation to defendants’ use of mark — Defendants raising acquiescence defence — Whether period of acquiescence only starting to run when earlier trade mark proprietor having knowledge both of use of later mark and its registration — Whether court to depart from EU case law on running of time — Relevant registration date of international trade mark protected in EU — Trade Marks Act 1994 (c 26), s 48 — European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c 16), s 6(5A) — Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
[2023] EWCA Civ 1451; [2024] Bus LR 103; [2023] WLR(D) 511, CA
Commentary
EU Relations Law
Clearing up when the Courts will depart from retained EU case law
Case comment
Out-Law
Trade mark ruling 'first’ showing UK divergence from EU law post-Brexit
Case comment