Argos Ltd v Argos Systems Inc.

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Neutral Citation[2017] EWHC 231 (Ch)
Date2017
CourtChancery Division
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  • Lifestyle Equities C.v v. Amazon UK Services Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • January 27, 2021
    ...from outside of the territory. This is where “ targeting” came in but its limits were succinctly explained by Floyd LJ in Argos Ltd v Argos Systems Inc. [2018] EWCA Civ 2211 at [48]: “Targeting is not an independent doctrine of trade mark law. It is, in essence, a jurisdictional requiremen......
  • Merck KGaA (Respondent/Appellant/Claimant) v Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation and Others (Appellants/Respondents/Defendants)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • November 24, 2017
    ...418 (Ch), [2013] FSR 35; Thomas Pink Ltd v Victoria's Secret UK Ltd [2014] EWHC 2631 (Ch); [2014] F.S.R. 40; and, most recently, Argos Ltd v Argos Systems Inc [2017] EWHC 231 (Ch), [2013] ETMR 19. Each of these cases is of interest but I have found the discussion and reasoning of Arnold J ......
  • Argos Ltd v Argos Systems Inc.
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • October 9, 2018
    ...OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION) ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE CHANCERY DIVISION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Mr Richard Spearman QC [2017] EWHC 231 (Ch) Royal Courts of Justice Strand, London, WC2A 2LL James Mellor QC, Jonathan Hill and Maxwell Keay (instructed by TLT LLP) for the Martin How......
  • Mr George Gabriel Bitar v Banque Libano-Française S.A.L.
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • October 20, 2021
    ...was an objective or a subjective one. Kitchin LJ said at [165]: “ One of the issues which arose for consideration in Argos [ Argos Ltd v Argos Systems Inc [2017] EWHC 231 (Ch); [2013] E.T.M.R. 19] was the relevance of the subjective intention of an operator of a website in one territory in......
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  • High Court Rules On Use Of Google Adwords/Adsense And Trademark Infringement
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • May 23, 2017
    ...Wales) against Argos Systems Inc, a U.S. software company, with respect to the domain name argos.com. Argos Ltd v. Argos Systems Inc, [2017] EWHC 231 (Ch), Feb. 15, 2017 (High Court of England and Argos Ltd had claimed that Argos Systems was infringing its EU trademarks for ARGOS by allowin......

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