Practice - Anglo Atlantic Media Ltd v Slater and Others
Jane Lambert Chancery Division (HH Judge Briggs) Anglo Atlantic Media Ltd v Slater and others [2020] EWHC 710 (Ch) (8 April 2020) This was an application to strike out proceedings that had been launched by the registered proprietor of the above trade mark against the musician, Rodney Slater , and others who had played together as The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band in apparent retaliation for their application in the Trade Marks Registry to cancel the registration. The musicians' application was heard by Mr Oliver Morris on behalf of the Registrar on 5 Sept 2019 who delivered his decision declaring the registration invalid on 30 Oct 2019 (see Re Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Spear and others v Anglo Atlantic Media Ltd, O/664/19 30 Oct 2019). The former proprietor of the trade mark and the claimant in the retaliatory proceedings was a private company incorporated with limited liability in England and Wales in the name of Anglo Atlantic ...