General Electric Co v General Electric Co Limited; GE TM; Re GE Trade Mark: CA 1970

Citations:

[1970] RPC 339

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

Appeal fromGeneral Electric Co v General Electric Co Ltd ChD 1969
A form of co-branding was held to be non-deceptive. Grahame J said: ‘The registered use provisions are permissive only and not a compulsory prerequisite for retention of validity of the mark and that, provided the conditions of control are adequate, . .

Cited by:

CitedPegler Ltd v Wang (UK) Ltd TCC 25-Feb-2000
Standard Conract – Wide Exclusions, Apply 1977 Act
The claimant had acquired a computer system from the defendant, which had failed. It was admitted that the contract had been broken, and the court set out to decide the issue of damages.
Held: Even though Wang had been ready to amend one or . .
Appeal fromGeneral Electric Co v General Electric Co Ltd; GE TM; Re GE Trade Mark HL 1972
Lord Diplock said: ‘The common law of trade marks before 1875
The use by manufacturers of distinctive marks upon goods which they had made is of very ancient origin, but legal recognition of trade marks as a species of incorporeal property was . .
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Damages, Intellectual Property

Updated: 07 May 2022; Ref: scu.238585