NIPC Law

  Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (HH Judge Hacon) easyGroup Ltd v Easyfeetstore OU and others [2026] EWHC 767 (IPEC) (1 April 2026) His Honour Judge Hacon, who tried this claim, described it in para [1] of his judgment in  easyGroup Ltd v Easyfeetstore OU and others [2026] EWHC 767 (IPEC) (1 April 2026) as "the latest in a line of claims brought by the claimant ('easyGroup') against parties trading under a name which begins with the word 'easy'."  he added that the claim was for trade mark infringement and passing off. The Parties The claimant is the owner and licensor of all intellectual property rights relating to the various 'easy' businesses set up by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the best known of which is easyJet. The first defendant ('Easyfeetstore') is an Estonian company which sells orthopaedic and orthotic insoles and related accessories online in several territories including the United Kingdom.  The second defend...

Licence  CC0 1.0.   Source   Wikimedia Commons Jane Lambert Business and Property Courts of England and Wales, Intellectual Property List (ChD) (Sir Anthony Mann)  Easygroup Ltd v Easy Live (Services) Ltd. and others [2022] EWHC 3327 (Ch) (21 Dec2022) This was an action for trade mark infringement and passing off  and a counterclaim for the revocation of some of the marks on which the claimant relied in respect of certain specified services.   The claimant, Easygroup Ltd ("Easygroup") , owned the marks listed in Appendix 1 to the judgment of Sir Anthony Mann in  Easygroup Ltd v Easy Live (Services) Ltd and others [2022] EWHC 3327. Easygroup complained that Easy Live (Services) Ltd. ("ELA"), had infringed those marks by supplying computer software for use in auctions and conducting online auctions under the signs that appear in Appendix 2 to the judgment.  ELA sought to revoke  easyGroup ,  easyMoney ,  easyPropert y an...