NIPC Law

Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (Ms. Pat Treacy)  Wise Payments Ltd v With Wise Ltd and other s [2024] EWHC 234 (IPEC) (9 Feb 2024) This was a case management conference before Ms Pat Treacy sitting as a deputy Enterprise Judge in an action for trade mark infringement and passing off and a counterclaim by the first defendant for passing off.  One of the issues to be decided in the CMC was whether Kristo Käärmann, Taavet Hinrikus and Dean Nash should be joined as defendants to the first defendant's counterclaim. Mr  Käärmann and Mr Hinrikus had founded the claimant company.  Mr Käärmann was the chief executive officer and a director of the claimant.  Mr Hinrikus had been the claimant's chairman and a director.  Mr Nash had been its secretary and general counsel. The first defendant brought its application to join Messrs Käärmann, Hinrikus and Nash under CPR20.5 , It also applied for permission to amend its defence and counterclaim...

Author Martin E Walder   Licence CC BY-SA  3.0   Source Cryptocurrency   Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (HH Judge Hacon) Wirex Ltd v Cryptocarbon Global Ltd and others [2021] EWHC 617 (IPEC) (16 March 2021) This was an action for trade mark infringement and a counterclaim for a declaration that the registration of that mark was invalid and passing off.  The action and counterclaim came on for trial before His Honour Judge Hacon on 26 Jan 2021.  His Honour dismissed the counterclaim and gave judgment to the claimant on 16 March 2021 (see  Wirex Ltd v Cryptocarbon Global Ltd and others [2021] EWHC 617 (IPEC) (16 March 2021). The Mark The mark in suit was  CRYPTOBACK  which the claimant Wirex Ltd,  had registered for a large range of goods and services in classes 9, 36 and 42 under registration number UK00003307327 with effect from 28 April 2018.  Wirex used that mark in relation to a credit card incentive ...

Claridge's  Hotel Author Tim Westcott   Licence CC BY-SA 2.0   Source Wikipedia   Claridge's  Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (Mr Recorder Campbell)  Claridge's Hotel Ltd v Claridge Candles Ltd and Another  [2019] EWHC 2003 (IPEC) This was an action for trade mark infringement and passing off. There was also a counterclaim for revocation of the marks in suit for non-use.  The claimant was the owner and operator of Claridge's , the well-known luxury hotel on the corner of Brook Street and Davies Street.  The defendants were a small private company that supplied candles like the one in the photograph below and its only director and majority shareholder, Denise Shepherd, who lives on a street that happens to be called Claridge Court. The Claimant's Mark The claimant registered the word CLARIDGE'S as a UK trade mark with effect from 22 July 2005 for the following goods and services: Class 3:...