British Broadcasting Corporation v Talbot Motor Company Ltd
Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
Date | 1981 |
Year | 1981 |
Court | Chancery Division |
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41 cases
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CDL Hotels International Ltd v Pontiac Marina Pte Ltd
...in the more recent English authorities, namely, WH Allen & Co v Brown Watson Ltd [1965] RPC 191 and British Broadcasting Corpn v Talbot [1981] FSR 228 it was accepted that pre-trade activities could generate goodwill and as such, there was a cause of action in passing off. 54.In WH Allen , ......
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Starbucks (HK) Ltd and another v British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc and Others
...at para 138 that this was consistent with two English decisions, WH Allen & Co v Brown Watson Ltd [1965] RPC 191 and British Broadcasting Corporation v Talbot Motor Co Ltd [1981] FSR 228, a view which derives some support from the judgment of Dillon LJ in Marcus Publishing plc v Hutton-Wi......
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2 books & journal articles
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Are Fashion Designers Better Protected in Continental Europe than in the United Kingdom? A Comparative Analysis of the Recent Case Law in France, Italy and the United Kingdom
...in both cases, the goodwill was not in the shape of the garments ortheir pattern but in their names.195 See BBC v Talbot Motor Co. Ltd [1981] FSR 228 (goodwill held to subsist for ’carfax’service (radio traffic information) even though the service had not yet been launchedbecause the BBC had......
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Intellectual Property Law
...Corp v Leasemetrix Ltd[1979] FSR 571, as are pre-trading activities (see, eg, British Broadcasting Corporation v Talbot Motor Company Ltd[1981] FSR 228. The learned judge obviously had cognisance of these cases when he granted an injunction restraining the defendant from using the plaintiff......