Off the Scale Costs in IPEC- With Wise Ltd. v Wise Payments Ltd.
Jane Lamber t Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (Recorder Amanda Michaels) With Wise Ltd v Wise Payments Ltd (Formerly TransferWise Ltd ) [2025] EWHC 1809 (IPEC) (17 July 2025) On 17 July 2025, I discussed Recorder Amanda Michaels's judgment in Wise Payments Ltd v With Wise Ltd and others [2025] EWHC 1722 (IPEC) (11 July 2025) in Trade Marks - Wise Payments Ltd v With Wise Ltd. In that article, I noted that those proceedings were unusual in that the trial in that action and counterclaim lasted more than two days and involved more than the average number of interim applications. One of those applications was brought by With Wise Ltd. and its directors for permission to amend their defence and counterclaim to seek the revocation of trade mark number UK3346396 for non-use under s.46 (1) (a) of the Trade Marks Act 1994. The application was heard by His Honour Judge Hacon on 13 Dec 2024 (see Wise Payments Ltd v With Wise Ltd and ot...