Hodgkinson & Corby Ltd v Wards Mobility Services Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1994
Year1994
CourtChancery Division
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  • Oceanbulk Shipping and Trading SA v TMT Asia Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • February 15, 2010
    ...to act and does in fact act may be admissible as giving rise to an estoppel. That was the view of Neuberger J in Hodgkinson & Corby Ltd v Wards Mobility Services Ltd [1997] FSR 178, 191 and his view on that point was not disapproved by this court on appeal.” It is worth remarking that the ......
  • Numatic International Ltd v Qualtex UK Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • May 28, 2010
    ...source. The claimant must prove that the shape of its goods has come to denote a particular source to the relevant public: see Hodgkinson & Corby v Wards Mobility [1994] 1 WLR 1564 per Jacob J at 1573–4. In that case Jacob J asked whether: "the plaintiffs have proved that the shape of thei......
  • Robyn Rihanna Fenty and Others v Arcadia Group Brands Ltd (t/a Topshop) and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • July 31, 2013
    ...about trade origin. Mr Hobbs rightly referred me to the words of Jacob J (as he then was) in Hodgkinson v Wards Mobility [1995] FSR 169 and of the Court of Appeal in Harrods v Harrodian School [1996] RPC 697 about the significance of deception in passing off. Jacob J emphasised that the tor......
  • Brown (Tim) (as trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of Jane Elizabeth Rice) v (1) Rice (Stephen) (2) Patel (Smita); and ADR Group (as intervener)
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • March 14, 2007
    ...to the negotiations and on which the other party is intended to and does in fact act may give rise to an estoppel, see Hodgkinson and Corby v Wards Mobility Services [1997] FSR 178, 191 per Neuberger J. On Hoffmann LJ's analysis in Muller, the public policy aspect of the without prejudice r......
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  • Popular Names Index to UK Cases and EU Legislation and Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Legal Research. A Practitioner's Handbook - 3rd Edition Appendices
    • August 30, 2019
    ...road transport activities (OJ 2002 L80/35) Robin Hood Case Standard Camera Company Ltd’s Application for a Trade Mark (1952) 69 RPC 125 ROHO Case Hodgkinson & Corby Ltd v Wards Mobility Services Ltd [1995] FSR 169 RoHS Directive See Lead-Free Directive Romalpa Case Aluminium Industrie V......
  • THE SENSE AND SENSIBILITY IN THE ANTI-DILUTION RIGHT
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2012, December 2012
    • December 1, 2012
    ...35The Mogul Steamship Co Ltd v McGregor Gow & Co(1889) 23 QBD 598 at 625–626. 36Hodgkinson Corby Ltd v Wards Mobility Services Ltd[1995] FSR 169 at 173. 37 Art 5(2) of the First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade m......
  • Prior Use as a Ground of Opposition in South African Trade Mark Law
    • South Africa
    • Juta Stellenbosch Law Review No. , May 2019
    • May 27, 2019
    ...treated on the same footing.”126 [1962] RPC 265.127 289 li ne 39. 128 Pass ing Off (1994) 46.129 [1990] RPC 341.130 See 416 line 52.131 [1995] FSR 169.132 An a spect not always appr eciated in South Af rica.133 La w of Trade Marks. © Juta and Company (Pty) PRIOR USE AS A GROUND OF OPPOSITIO......
  • Intellectual Property Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2015, December 2015
    • December 1, 2015
    ...as to the origin or nature of his goods. As Jacob J (as he then was) emphasised in Hodgkinson & Corby Ltd v Wards Mobility Services Ltd[1995] FSR 169 at 175: At the heart of passing off lies deception or its likelihood, deception of the ultimate consumer in particular. … The foundation of t......
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