Best Buy Company Inc. and Another v Worldwide Sales Corporations Espana SL

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Judgment Date24 May 2011
Neutral Citation[2011] EWCA Civ 618
Date24 May 2011

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22 cases
  • Best Buy Company Inc. v Worldwide Sales Corpn España SL
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • Invalid date
    ...Appeal Best Buy Co Inc and another v Worldwide Sales Corpn España SL [2011] EWCA Civ 618 2011 May 5; 24 Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury MR, Etherton, Patten LJJ Evidence - Privilege - Without prejudice communications - Circumstances in which without prejudice communications admissible - Trade ......
  • Alan Ramsay Sales & Marketing Ltd v Typhoo Tea Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 8 March 2016
    ...the writer of the passage to have intended, when read in the context of the letter as a whole" (per Lord Neuberger MR in Best Buy Co Worldwide Sales Corporation [2011] EWCA Civ 618; [2011] BusLR 1166 at [18]. It follows that, although the court heard evidence from both Mr Ramsay himself and......
  • Generics (UK) Ltd trading as Mylan v Warner-Lambert Company LLC
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division (Patents Court)
    • 10 September 2015
    ...all of the relevant circumstances known to the parties at the date of the communication: see Best Buy Co Inc v Worldwide Sales Corp Espana SL [2011] EWCA Civ 618, [2011] FSR 30 at [18] (Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury MR). A communication may amount to a threat even if it is veiled, covert, co......
  • Tech 21 UK Ltd v Logitech Europe S.A.
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 15 September 2015
    ...Sales Corporation España [2010] F.S.R. 35 at [15], which Lord Neuberger MR said (obiter) that he thought was right on appeal (see [2011] F.S.R. 30 at [24]). The 2007 Lugano Convention 36 On October 30, 2007 the European Community, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Denmark agreed on a new L......
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4 firm's commentaries
  • DON’T YOU THREATEN ME!: Incurring Liability For Making Groundless IP Infringement Threats In The Light Of The Current Law Reform Consultation
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • 20 June 2013
    ...2482(CH) Zeno Corporation v BSM-Bionic Solutions [2009] EWHC 1829(Pat) Best Buy Co Inc et al v Worldwide Sales Corporation España Sl [2011] EWCA Civ 618. CP 212 17 April 2013; the deadline for responding to the consultation is 17 July see Brain v Ingledew Bennison [1995] FSR 552, et seq The......
  • Court of Appeal - Threats Action
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • 8 July 2011
    ...Bulletin - June 2011 Best Buy Co Inc and another v Worldwide Sales Corporation Espana SL, [2011] EWCA Civ 618, 24 May The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal in an action for threats under section 21 of the Trade Marks Act 1994. The dispute concerned the trade mark "Best Buy". The claiman......
  • Court Of Appeal Gives Guidance On Trade Mark Threats And Without Prejudice Communication
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • 6 June 2011
    ...the need to seek specialist advice on such issues. Case: Best Buy Co Inc and another v Worldwide Sales Corporation Espana SL [2011] EWCA Civ 618, 24 May This article was written for Law-Now, CMS Cameron McKenna's free online information service. To register for Law-Now, please go to www.law......
  • IP Snapshot June 2011
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • 28 June 2011
    ...Buy Co Inc and another v Worldwide Sales Corporation Espana SL [2011] EWCA Civ 618, 24 May The Court of Appeal has reversed a judgment handed down by the High Court last year regarding the provisions governing unlawful threats of trade mark infringement proceedings in the UK. The Court cons......