Levi Strauss & Company v Tesco Stores Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Neutral Citation[2002] EWHC 1625 (Ch)
Date2002
Year2002
CourtChancery Division
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  • Oracle America Inc. (formerly Sun Microsystems Inc.) v M-Tech Data Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 27 June 2012
    ...by text-book writers: see, in particular, Kerly's Law of Trade Marks and Trade Names, 15 th ed. (2011), para 16.091. In Levi Strauss & Co v Tesco Stores Ltd [2003] RPC 18, Pumfrey J observed at para 51 that it "could hardly be clearer. It has formed, with the principle of exhaustion, the b......
  • R v C and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 1 November 2016
    ...of Pumfrey J (which itself involved a thorough review of relevant European authorities) in the parallel import case of Levi Strauss Inc v Tesco Stores Ltd. [2003] RPC 18, [2002] EWHC 1556 (Ch). It is also a case which in substance was approved by the Supreme Court in Oracle America Inc. v ......
  • Laugh IT off Promotions CC v South African Breweries International (Finance) Bv t/a Sabmark International
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...to Ladbroke (Football) Ltd v William Hill (Football) Ltd [1964] 1 WLR 273 (HL): referred to I Levi Strauss & Co v Tesco Stores Ltd [2003] RPC 18 (Ch): referred to Lighthawk, Environmental Air Force v Robertson 812 F Supp 1095; 25 USPQ 2d 2014: referred to Moseley dba Victor's Little Secret ......
  • Mastercigars Direct Ltd v Hunters & Frankau Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 8 March 2007
    ...Motor v Neesam [2006] EWHC 1051 at [5], Adidas v. Microhaven [2003] EWHC 840, [2003] ETMR 94 and Levi Strauss v. Tesco [2002] EWHC 1556, [2002] ETMR 95. In no case has implied consent been 23 I do not think these cases advance the argument one whit. They are decisions that the facts in thos......
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  • Fifty Shades Of Criminal Liability: 'Grey' Goods And Beyond
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 7 December 2016
    ...will open the flood gates for future criminal trade mark prosecutions. Footnotes [1] [2016] EWCA Crim 1617 [2] [2015] EWCA Crim 2043 [3] [2003] RPC 18 [4] [2003] 2 CAR 33 The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be so......

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