The Appeal - easyGroup Ltd v Easyfundraising Ltd
Jane Lambert Court of Appeal (Lord Justices Coulson, Arnold and Zacaroli) easyGroup Ltd v Easyfundraising Ltd and others [2025] EWCA Civ 1000 (24 July 2025) This note should be read in conjunction with Trade Marks and Passing off - easyGroup Ltd v Easyfundraising Ltd which I published on 23 Sep 2024 in NIPC Law . In that note, I discussed Mr Justice Fancourt's judgment in easyGroup Ltd v Easyfundraising Ltd and others [2024] EWHC 2323 (Ch) (11 Sep 2024). In the ante-penultimate paragraph, I noted that Mr Justice Fancourt's judgment had raised an issue over "variant forms" within the meaning of s.46 (2) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 that had to be resolved by the Court of Appeal. The Variant Forms Issue I anticipated an appeal because the same issue had arisen in easyGroup Ltd v Easy Live (Services) Ltd and others [2024] EWHC 2282 (Ch) (4 Sept 2024), which I blogged in Trade Marks - easyGroup Ltd v Easy Live (Serv...