Re Merz & Krell GmbH & Company

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date2001
Year2001
CourtAdvocate General's Opinion
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23 cases
  • The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain v Erwin Clausen and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Intellectual Property Enterprise Court
    • July 2, 2015
    ...in the goods or services for which the mark is registered, see Merz & Krell GmbH & Co v Deutches Patent—und Markenamt ( C-517/99)x [2001] E.C.R. I-6959, at [35]–[41]. Mr Elias, who appeared for the defendants, submitted that even if art.7(1)(c) does not apply, in the ukulele world current ......
  • Compagnie Gervais Danone v Glanbia Foods Society Ltd
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • May 19, 2010
    ...Directive, as enunciated by the European Court of Justice, commencing with the decision in case No. C-517/99 Merz v. Krell GmbH & Co. [2001] E.C.R.I-6959, and then in Ansul B.V., supra. and the cases which followed on, in applying the same principles of law as established in Ansul. I will b......
  • Envirotecnic v Gutterclear UK Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • December 8, 2015
    ...confusion, to distinguish the goods or services from others which have another origin (see Canon, ¶28, and Case C-517/99 Merz & Krell [2001] E.C.R. I-6959, ¶22). A trade mark must distinguish the goods and services concerned as originating from a particular undertaking. In that connection,......
  • Bongrain SA's Trade Mark Application (No.2134604)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • December 17, 2004
    ...3(1), although there is a clear overlap between the scope of the respective provisions (see to that effect Case C-517/99 Merz & Krell [2001] ECR I-6959, paragraphs 35 and 36." Quite apart from the point having been clearly so decided, if one stops and thinks about a couple of obvious exampl......
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