A party wished to assert that a claim in passing off should not proceed because of some illegality.
Held: There has to be a nexus between the illegality and the claim for passing off.
Citations:
[1981] FSR 1
Cited by:
Cited – Inter Lotto (UK) Limited v Camelot Group Plc ChD 6-Jun-2003
The claimant asserted that the defendant had infringed its goodwill in the name ‘Hot Picks’ the defendant argued that it was licensed to use the mark by the person who applied for its registration as a trade mark, and that the claim in passing off . .
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Intellectual Property, Torts – Other
Updated: 29 April 2022; Ref: scu.183302