NIPC Law

Author J.P.Lon-Commonswiki   Public Domain   Source Wikimedia Commons Jane Lambert Chancery Division (Tom Mitcheson KC)    Foundation for the Protection of the Traditional Cheese of Cyprus Named Halloumi v Fontana Food Ab [2024] EWHC 2311 (Ch) (9 Sept 2024) In Geographical Indications ,  I wrote that signs that are used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin may be protected by  collective and certification marks .   An example of a collective mark is HALLOUMI which was registered by the Foundation for the Protection of the Traditional Cheese of Cyprus named Halloumi ("the Foundation") with effect from 22 Feb 1999 under trade mark number  UK901082965 .  The Foundation is an association of producers dedicated to the promotion of halloumi which is the traditional cheese of Cyprus. The Application Fontana Food AB  ("Fontana") is a Swedish company founded by Cypriot expatriates.   On 8 Sep

Jane Lambert Chancery Division (Nicholas Caddick KC)  easyGroup Ltd v Easy Live (Services) Ltd and others [2024] EWHC 2282 (Ch) (4 Sept 2024) This was an action and counterclaim.    The proceedings came on before Mr Nicholas Caddick KC sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court between 8 and 10 May 2024,  He delivered judgment in  easyGroup Ltd v Easy Live (Services) Ltd and others  [2024] EWHC 2282 (Ch) on 4 Sept 2024 dismissing the claim and most of the counterclaim. Claim easyGroup Ltd ("easyGroup") was the registered proprietor of  UK903367695  and  UK3532904 .  The deputy judge referred to those marks as "the Easylife Marks".  He called the first mark "the Easylife Stylised Mark" and the second mark" the Easylife Word Mark".   An image of the Easylife Stylised Mark appears in the illustration at the very top of this article.  easyGroup had acquired the Easylife Stylised Mark from Easylife Holdings Ltd and the Easylife Word Mark from Easyli