Re Davis's Trade Marks. Davis v Sussex Rubber Company

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1927
Year1927
CourtCourt of Appeal
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  • Registrar of Trade Marks, Singapore, The; Tobacco Importers and Manufacturers Sdn Bhd
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 January 1976
  • Okotoks Limted (Formerly Spicerhaart Ltd) and Another v Fine & Country Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 14 June 2013
    ...distinctiveness, even though the words taken separately might be descriptive words in common use." 86 In Re Davis's Trade Marks [1927] 2 Ch 345, 360 Sargant LJ said: "Even so … there is a large class of word-marks which are by their very nature incapable of becoming distinctive and which o......
  • Re York Trailer Holdings Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 19 November 1981
    ...in distinguishing between "adapted" and "capable") is not entirely clear: judicial attempts have been made to clarify it. In Davis v. The Sussex Rubber Co. Ltd. (1927) 44 R.P.C. 412 ("Ustikon") Lord Hanworth M.R., accepting that "capable of distingushing" might indicate a more benevolent te......
  • British Colloids, Ltd v Controller of Industrial and Commercial Property
    • Ireland
    • King's Bench Division (Ireland)
    • 1 August 1942
    ...[1913] A. C. 624. (3) Official Journal for year 1935, No. 229, p. 132. (4) 46 R. P. C. 99. (5) 48 R. P. C. 392. (6) 39 R. P. C. 155. (7) [1927] 2 Ch. 345. (8) 39 R. P. C. 155, at pp. (9) 44 R. P. C. 412, at p. 427. (1) 34 R. P. C. 273, at p. 282. (2) 38 R. P. C. 373, at p. 379. (3) Stat. R.......
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