Trade Marks: Wirex Ltd v Cryptocarbon Global Ltd
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 scheme in which users receive their rewards in bitcoin. The