Avnet Incorporated v Isoact Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Court | Chancery Division |
| Year | 1998 |
| Date | 1998 |
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24 cases
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Pathway IP Sarl (formerly Regus No. 2 Sarl) v Easygroup Ltd (formerly Easygroup IP Licensing Ltd)
...be cautious about the potential width of certain service marks and rightly reminded himself of the observation of Jacob J in Avnet, Inc v Isoact Ltd [1998] FSR 16 who said at page 19: “In my view, specifications for services should be scrutinised carefully and they should not be given a wid......
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Easygroup Ltd v Nuclei Ltd
...renting office space, but that is not sufficient to engage the provisions of s. 10(1)/Article 9(2)(a). As Jacob LJ held in Avnet v Isoact [1998] FSR 16, p. 19, in the context of an infringement case, specifications for services are to be scrutinised carefully, and should not be given a wide......
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Multi-Access Ltd v Guanghzhou Wong Lo Kat Great Health Business Development Company Ltd
...electrical machinery it was not at the time of registration put in the class concerned.” 92 Jacob J returned to the question in Avnet Inc v Isoact [1998] FSR 16, where he said (at page 19): “These words “included in class X” in a specification of goods not infrequently cause difficulty. You......
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Oao "Alfa-Bank" v Alpha Bank A.E.
... ... have directed himself, in addition, by reference to the following dictum of Jacob J in Avnet v. Isoact [1997] ETMR 562 [1998] FSR 16 , at 19: "In my view, specifications ... ...
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1 firm's commentaries
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Disputes & Litigation Over Domain Names
...to the complainant's trade mark. This may not be as easy as it sounds if the decision of the English High Court in Avnet Inc v Isoact Ltd [1998] FSR 16 is anything go by. In that case the defendant was an ISP that used the domain name 'avnet.co.uk' and the plaintiff was the owner of the tra......
2 books & journal articles
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Intellectual Property Law
...carefully, so as to ensure that it is not given a wide construction covering a vast range of goods or services (see Avnet Inc v Isoact Ltd[1998] FSR 16). Once the double identity is established, there is a presumption that a likelihood of confusion on the part of the public has arisen as a ......
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Table of cases
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