Samuelson v Producers' Distributing Company

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1932
Date1932
CourtCourt of Appeal
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12 cases
  • Reuter (R J.) Company Ltd v Mulhens
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 16 October 1953
    ...company to apply for an injunction. 50Mr. Aldous referred us to the judgment of Lord Justice Romer in the case of Samuelson v. Producers Distributing Co. Ltd., reported in 48 Reports of patent Cases at page 593, as authority for the proposition, which cannot now be doubted, that where a pla......
  • Golden Season Pte Ltd and others v Kairos Singapore Holdings Pte Ltd and another
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 9 February 2015
    ...closer scrutiny. A useful starting point is the decision of the English Court of Appeal in Samuelson v Producers Distributing Co Ltd (1931) 48 RPC 580 and at [1932] 1 Ch 201 (“Samuelson”). In Samuelson, the plaintiff wrote a theatrical sketch that was performed before the King and Queen and......
  • Phonographic Performance Ltd v Maitra
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 3 February 1998
    ...infringements. See Weatherby v Int. Horse Agency (1910) 2 Ch 297; PRS v Cyril Theatrical Syndicate Ltd (1923) 2 KB 146; Samuelson v Producers Distributing Co Ltd (1931) 48 RPC 580 at 593; PRS v Mitchell (1924) 1 KB 762 at 774; Pride of Derby v British Celanese Ltd (1953) Ch 149 at 18l and 1......
  • Matthew Gloag and Son Ltd and Another v Welsh Distillers Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 24 February 1998
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2 books & journal articles
  • Inquiries as to damages in South African intellectual property law
    • South Africa
    • South Africa Mercantile Law Journal No. , May 2019
    • 25 May 2019
    ...plaintiff does not come to court prepared to prove how much damage he may have suffered'. 17 Samuelson v Producers Distributing Co Ld (1931) 48 RPC 580 at 590. © Juta and Company (Pty) 148 (1998) 10 SA Mere LJ appears that, although the court has a discretion as to whether to order an inqu......
  • Intellectual Property Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2015, December 2015
    • 1 December 2015
    ...of ‘inverse’ passing off could be actionable under the tort of passing off. For instance, in Samuelson v Producers Distribution Co Ltd(1931) 48 RPC 580 (‘Samuelson’), the plaintiff was the author of the theatrical sketch entitled ‘The New Car’. It was performed before the King and Queen of ......

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