Trade Mark Infringement and Passing Off - British Amateur Gymnastics Association v UK Gymnastics Ltd and Others
Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1228334 Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (Judge Melissa Clarks) British Amateur Gymnastics Association v UK Gymnastics Ltd and other s [2020] EWHC 1678 (26 June 2020) This was a claim for trade mark infringement and passing off. It was brought by the British Amateur Gymnastics Association ("BAGA") which is recognized as the national governing body for gymnastics in the UK. BAGA complained that UK Gymnastics Ltd ("UKG"), UK Gymnastics Affiliation Ltd. ("UKGA") and their director, Christopher Adams ("Mr Adams"), had infringed its national registered trade marks numbered UK00003226097 and UK00003281771 under s.10 (2) and (3) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 and passed off their goods and services as and for those of BAGA. The action was tried by Judge Melissa Clarke on 2 and 3 March 2020 who delivered judgment on 26 June 2020. At paragraph [151] of...