Download This PaperSwimming Against The Tide: The UK Supreme Court's Hostility to Internationally Famous Trademarks
The Trademark Reporter, Vol. 108, No. 4, July-August, 2018
20 Pages Posted: 3 Dec 2018 Last revised: 12 Nov 2019
Date Written: July 8, 2018
Abstract
This article examines and questions the legal and policy basis for the UK Supreme Court's decision that English common law of passing off does not protect internationally well-known trademarks.
Keywords: passing off, trademarks, well-known, UK, Starbucks (HK)
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McNichol, William, Swimming Against The Tide: The UK Supreme Court's Hostility to Internationally Famous Trademarks (July 8, 2018). The Trademark Reporter, Vol. 108, No. 4, July-August, 2018, Rutgers Law School Research Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3280687
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