LTJ Diffusion SA v Sadas Vertbaudet SA (Case C-291/00)
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 2002 |
| Date | 2002 |
| Court | Advocate General's Opinion |
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6 cases
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Specsavers International Healthcare Ltd v Asda Ltd
...or likelihood of association is obvious. 126 The only authority that I was shown on this point was SA Société LTJ Diffusion v SA Sadas [2003] FSR 1. That case involved the registered mark “Arthur” and the allegedly infringing material “Arthur et Félicie”. It appears that the case involved t......
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Pan-West (Pte) Ltd v Grand Bigwin Pte Ltd
...27(1) TMA. The distinctive and dominant components of the plaintiffs’ trade mark is the word ‘KATANA’ (see SA Societe Diffusion v SA Sadas [2003] FSR 1 at 8-11). This has been reproduced in terms. In determining the identity of signs with the trade mark in Suit, case law has also alluded to......
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Pan-West (Pte) Ltd v Grand Bigwin Pte Ltd
...27(1) TMA. The distinctive and dominant components of the plaintiffs’ trade mark is the word ‘KATANA’ (see SA Societe Diffusion v SA Sadas [2003] FSR 1 at 8-11). This has been reproduced in terms. In determining the identity of signs with the trade mark in Suit, case law has also alluded to......
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Guccio Gucci S.p.a. v Cosimo Ludolf Gucci And Others
...only where the differences are truly minute and insignificant that they may be ignored (see, [50] of the Advocate General’s opinion at [2003] F.S.R. 1, cited in [29] of Jacob LJ’s judgment in the Reed case). As observed by Jacob LJ, “[a]s a matter of policy there is no reason to suppose tha......
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1 firm's commentaries
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European IP Bulletin - Issue 76, January 2011
...it was just the words ”spec saver”, whereas Asda argued that it must be the whole strapline. Following SA Société LTJ Diffusion v SA Sadas [2003] FSR 1 (ARTHUR ET FÉLICIE), Mann J noted that it is what is perceived by the average, reasonably well-informed observant and circumspect consumer ......
2 books & journal articles
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Intellectual Property Law
...‘distinctive and dominant components’ of the registered trade mark (at [17], referring with approval to SA Société LTJ Diffusion v SA Sadas[2003] FSR 1 at [A31]—[A49]). (See ‘Parallel imports’, paras 16.4—16.27 infra for a more detailed discussion of the Pan-West case.) 16.3 On the comparis......
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TRIPS Compatibility of Sri Lankan Trademark Law
...Ltd (1999) 44 IPR 551.Lanham Act 15 U.S.C. [United States].LTJ Diffusion SA v Sadas Vertbaudet SA (AdvocateGeneral’s opinion) C-291/00, [2002] E.T.M.R. 40.LTJ Diffusion SA v Sadas Vertbaudet SA (ECJ Judgement) C-291/00, [2003] E.T.M.R. 83.Mattel, Inc. v 3894207 Canada Inc. 2006 SCC 22, [200......