British Diabetic Association v Diabetic Society Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 23 October 1995 |
| Date | 23 October 1995 |
| Court | Chancery Division |
Chancery Division
Company - similar name confusing
The words "association" and "society" being very similar in derivation and meaning, and being not dissimilar in form, it would amount to, albeit unintended, deception, calculated to damage the reputation and goodwill of The British Diabetic Association, for The Diabetic Society to continue to use that name.
Mr Justice Robert Walker so held in the Chancery Division on October 13, in making an order, inter alia, restraining the defendants, The Diabetic Society, Arthur Bennett and Gillian Mary Atkin, from (i) using the name or mark "The Diabetic Society", "The British Diabetic Society", "Diabetic Society", "The Diabetes Society" and/or "Diabetes Society"; (ii) causing, enabling, or assisting any other person to carry out any acts contravening the above injunction, or (iii) allowing the corporate name of the first defendant to remain on the Companies Register in its present, or any similar form.
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