Trade Marks - Cormeton Fire Protection Ltd v Cormeton Electronics Ltd.
Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (Mr David Stone) Cormeton Fire Protection Ltd v Cormeton Electronics Ltd and another [2021] EWHC 11 (IPEC) (18 Jan 2021) This was a dispute between parties that had once been closely associated but had subsequently fallen out over rights to use branding that they had previously shared. The claimant, Cormeton Fire Protection Limited, had collaborated with the second defendant, John Aitchison, to set up the first defendant, Cormeton Electronics Limited, to develop an electronic fire alarm business at the claimant's premises in 1989. The shares in the new company were held by Michael Warburton, a director and secretary of the claimant company, and Mr Aitcheson. Mr Warburton held 60% and Mr Aitcheson 40%. In 2003 Mr Warburton sold his shares and the company found new premises. Cormeton Fire Protection and Cormeton Electronics did different kinds of work but they continued to refer enquiries to each other ...