McCain International Ltd v Country Fair Foods Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Date1981
Year1981

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23 cases
  • Pontiac Marina Pte Ltd v CDL Hotels International Ltd
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 28 February 1997
    ...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......
  • S$1.99 Private Ltd v Lifestyle 1.99 Private Ltd
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 12 April 2000
    ...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......
  • Nippon Paint (Singapore) Company Pte Ltd v ICI Paint (Singapore) Pte Ltd
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 31 October 2000
    ...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......
  • OZE Marketing Sdn Bhd v Twenty First Century Products Sdn Bhd
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 January 1999
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1 books & journal articles
  • Inquiries as to damages in South African intellectual property law
    • South Africa
    • Juta South Africa Mercantile Law Journal No. , May 2019
    • 25 May 2019
    ...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......