Premier Brands UK Ltd v Typhoon Europe Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtChancery Division
Year2000
Date2000

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48 cases
  • Thomson Holidays Ltd v Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • December 17, 2002
    ...the subset. Whether section 46(5) requires the court to do that has led to a division of judicial opinion. In Premier Brands UK Ltd v Typhoon Europe Ltd [2000] FSR 767 Neuberger J had to decide an action for infringement brought by Premier Brands who were importers, blenders and suppliers o......
  • Johnson & Johnson v Uni-Charm Kabushiki Kaisha (Uni-Charm Corporation)
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • December 27, 2006
    ...different from an earlier registered mark that is an ordinary English word. Admittedly, in Premier Brands UK Ltd v Typhoon Europe Ltd [2000] FSR 767, Neuberger J was of the view that the two marks “TY.PHOO” and “TYPHOON” were conceptually different but it cannot be overlooked that he had ac......
  • Richemont International SA v Goldlion Enterprise (Singapore) Pte Ltd
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • October 31, 2005
    ...Co, LP, The v Shop In Department Store Pte Ltd [2005] 4 SLR (R) 816; [2005] 4 SLR 816 (refd) Premier Brands UK Ltd v Typhoon Europe Ltd [2000] FSR 767 (folld) Reckitt & Colman Products Ltd v Borden Inc [1990] 1 WLR 491; [1990] RPC 341 (refd) “Royal Enfield” Trade Marks [2002] RPC 24 (refd) ......
  • Reemtsma Cigarttenfabriken GMBH v Hugo Boss AG (No 2)
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • September 10, 2003
    ...section 22) argued for by the Respondent was upheld. Other cases like Zippo TM [1999] RPC 173 and Premier Brands UK v Typhoon Europe Ltd [2000] FSR 767 have held that there was no 26 In Invermont, the hearing officer reached the conclusion that there was no discretion in section 47, but cou......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Death By A Thousand Cuts? Court Of Appeal Refers Trade Mark Dilution Questions To ECJ
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • July 24, 2007
    ...it in various dissimilar goods cases and that the UK national decisions on the point are wrong (e.g Premier Brands v Typhoon Europe [2000] FSR 767 which held that Article 5(2) does not enable the proprietor of a well-known registered mark to object as a matter of course to the use of a sign......
5 books & journal articles
  • Intellectual Property Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2005, December 2005
    • December 1, 2005
    ...173, another hearing officer took a different view. The issue was then dealt with at length in Premier Brands UK Ltd v Typhoon Europe Ltd[2000] FSR 767 by Neuberger J who, with diffidence, preferred the view that there is no discretion to revoke, after having regard to the equivalent provis......
  • Intellectual Property Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2003, December 2003
    • December 1, 2003
    ...RPC 173, another hearing officer took a different view. The issue was dealt with at length in Premier Brands UK Ltd v Typhoon Europe Ltd[2000] FSR 767 by Neuberger J who preferred the view that there is no discretion to revoke. He reasoned (at 811) that: [I]t is not only a privilege for a p......
  • Trade-Mark Tarnishment: Should We ‘Laugh It Off’ all the Way to ‘Telkomsucks’ and ‘Hellcom’?
    • South Africa
    • Juta South Africa Mercantile Law Journal No. , August 2019
    • August 16, 2019
    ...laws. So a person’s right to freedom of expression may be limited if it conf‌l icts with another person’s right to a trade mark.2717 [2000] FSR 767 (Ch).18 See Nicola Dagg & Emma Alonko 2004 (79) Marques Newsletter 6–7.19 Idem at 7.20 See Hormel Goods Corp v Jim Henson Productions 73 F 3d 4......
  • The promotional use of a trade mark: Its potential to have significance
    • South Africa
    • Juta South African Intellectual Property Law Journal No. , May 2019
    • May 24, 2019
    ...was rejecte d.35 This implies that even the fa ct that goods were given away for free was relevant, as discu ssed in more detail later. 31 2000 FSR 767.32 Premier Brands (n 31) 768.33 Premier Brands (n 31) 804 : 1. Has there bee n a use of the type co ntemplated by sect ion 46(1) (which I s......
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