NIPC Law

© 2021 Jane Lambert All rights reserved   Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (David Stone) Thurgood v Laight and another   [2024] EWHC 2947 (21 Nov 2024) This was an action for passing off ,  The claimant, Laura Thurgood ("Ms Thurgood"), carried on a dog grooming business near Birmingham in the name or style of WASH WIGGLE & WAG. The first defendant, Danielle Laight ("Ms Laight"), worked in that business until May 2020 when she fell out with Ms Thurgood.  She incorporated the second defendant in the name of Wash Wiggle & Wag Ltd , on 29 May 2020 and registered <washwigglewag.co.uk> as a domain name.  Ms Laight and her company began to trade under that appellation. Ms Thurgood complained that her business had declined considerably in June and July 2020.  She abandoned her WASH WIGGLE & WAG brand in September 2020. Procedural History Ms Thurgood issued proceedings against Ms Laight and her company out of the Queen's Bench D...

After sounding off about the contemptible attack on the rule of law in Pakistan including the sickening sight of attacks on peaceful demonstrations by lawyers a few weeks ago, I vowed to stick to intellectual property in future. However, this spectacle by an honorary silk, bencher and first lord of the Treasury warrants another departure from this blog's editorial policy. Tone doesn't even make top billing. Starpulse rates Alan Jackson (whoever he may be) as the main guest star. This episode reminds me of the depiction at Naqsh-e Rustam of the humiliation of two Roman emperors by Shapur I of Persia. Perhaps we shouldn't be too surprised. Cartoons often drew Tone as a poodle, didn't they.