Karo Step Trade Mark
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1977 |
| Year | 1977 |
| Court | Chancery Division |
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12 cases
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Re AUVI Trademark
...of the AUVI mark as the mark infringes the copyright of theirs. The applicants rely on this passage of Whitford J in KARO STEP Trade Mark [1977] RPC 255 at p 274: Any such claim must, in my view, be bad if in fact on copyright grounds some third person is going to be in a position to stop t......
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Lidl Great Britain Ltd v Tesco Stores Ltd
...argument is that simplicity of design and/or a low level of artistic quality does not preclude originality (see Karo Step Trade Mark [1977] R.P.C. 255 per Whitford J at page 273 and IPC Magazines v MGN [1998] FSR 431 per Richard McCombe QC at 438). Tesco referred me to Solar Thomson Enginee......
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Exxon Corporation v Exxon Insurance Consultants International Ltd
...article makes it too simple to be the subject of copyright", He also referred us to an observation of Mr. Justice Whitford in the Karo Step Trade Mark case, (1977) Reports of Patent Cases at page 273, line 20: "No doubt a drawing may be so simple" said Mr. Justice Whitford, "that it cannot ......
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2 books & journal articles
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RIGHTS AND DEFENCES AT THE INTERFACE OF COPYRIGHT AND TRADE MARK LAW: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE “ARTISTICALLY ENDOWED TRADE MARK” PHENOMENON
...a simple logo comprising a short word written in a stylised font enjoyed copyright as an artistic work. See also “Karo Step” Trade Mark[1977] RPC 255, where it was held that a trade name presented in the form of a logo was an artistic work in which copyright subsisted. 5 Chapter 63, Statute......
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CHARACTER MERCHANDISING UNDER THE COPYRIGHT AND REGISTERED DESIGNS LAWS OF SINGAPORE
...a device consisting of a drawing of four arcs joined to form a circle with the words “Karo Step” in that circle (Karo Step Trade Mark[1977] RPC 255), logos consisting of a stylised letter of the alphabet (Roland Corporation v Lorenzo And Sons Pty Ltd(1991) 22 IPR 245) and a company trading ......