Re Wong Lo Kat Trade Mark, Multi-Access Ltd v Guanghzhou Wong Lo Kat Great Health Business Development Co Ltd
Jane Lambert Chancery Division (Mr David Stone) Re Wong Lo Kat Trade Mark, Multi-Access Ltd v Guanghzhou Wong Lo Kat Great Health Business Development Co Ltd . [ 2019] EWHC 3357 (Ch) (12 Dec 2019) This was an appeal from the decision of the hearing officer, Mr Mark King, to revoke British trade marks 1495166 and 1495167 pursuant to s.46 (1) (a) and (b) of the Trade Marks Act 1994: "The registration of a trade mark may be revoked on any of the following grounds- (a) that within the period of five years following the date of completion of the registration procedure it has not been put to genuine use in the United Kingdom, by the proprietor or with his consent, in relation to the goods or services for which it is registered, and there are no proper reasons for non-use; (b) that such use has been suspended for an uninterrupted period of five years, and there are no proper reasons for non-use...." The appeal came on before...