McCain International Ltd v Country Fair Foods Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1981 |
| Date | 1981 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Civil Division) |
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Pontiac Marina Pte Ltd v CDL Hotels International Ltd
...Centre v Sydney Building Information Centre [1977] 140 CLR 216 or `oven chips` in McCain International Ltd v Country Fair Foods Ltd [1981] RPC 69 or `vacuum cleaner` in British Vacuum Cleaner Co Ltd v New Vacuum Cleaner Co Ltd [1907] 2 Ch 312 , which are obviously descriptive. I can underst......
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Lifestyle 1.99 Pte Ltd v S$1.99 Pte Ltd (trading as ONE.99 SHOP)
...unreal to suggest that the `dot` would be pronounced.In this regard, we think the case McCain International Ltd v Country Fair Foods Ltd [1981] RPC 69 is quite instructive. There the plaintiffs had introduced potato chips cooked in an oven and called them `McCain Oven Chips`. The defendants......
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Nippon Paint (Singapore) Co Pte Ltd v ICI Paint (Singapore) Pte Ltd
...Shredded Wheat Co Ltd v Kellog Co of Canada, Ltd [1938] 1 All ER 618 and McCain International Ltd v Country Fair Foods Ltd & Anor [1981] RPC 69 `shredded wheat` products in the former case and `oven chips` in the latter case made by the respective respondents were held to be descriptive alt......
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Inquiries as to damages in South African intellectual property law
...of the inquiry design rights to the Chancery Division. The Court of Appeal held in McCain International Ltd v Country Fair Foods Ltd [1981] RPC 69 at 82 that passing-off matters should be brought in the Chancery Division; see also Kerly's Law of Trade Marks and Trade Names 12 ed (1986) by T......