Dunhill v Sunoptic: 1979

Trade mark infringement – own name defence

Citations:

[1979] FSR 426

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedReed Executive Plc, Reed Solutions Plc v Reed Business Information Ltd, Reed Elsevier (Uk) Ltd, Totaljobs Com Ltd CA 3-Mar-2004
The claimant alleged trade mark infringement by the respondents by the use of a mark in a pop-up advert.
Held: The own-name defence to trade mark infringement is limited. Some confusion may be allowed if overall the competition was not unfair . .
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Intellectual Property

Updated: 26 November 2022; Ref: scu.194806