Williams (J B) Company v H Bronnley & Company Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1909 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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25 cases
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McCambridge Ltd v Joseph Brennan Bakeries
...of the article. (See for example Hennessy & Co. Limited v. Keating (1908) 25 R.P.C. 361 and Williams JB Company v. Bronnley & Co. Ltd. (1909) 26 R.P.C. 765). It may be also that the use of a different and distinguishing strong brand name on a product may be sufficient to distinguish the goo......
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Reckitt and Colman Products Ltd (t/a Colmans of Norwich) v Borden Inc. and Others
...to the trade. They pray in aid a whole host of previously decided cases by way of analogy. J.B. Williams Co. v. H. Bronnley & Co. Ltd. (1909) 26 R.P.C. 765, for instance, was a case where the plaintiffs had adopted a type of container for shaving soap which closely resembled in shape, size ......
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2 books & journal articles
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Intellectual Property Law
...The term get-up has a specific meaning in passing off. It was defined by Fletcher Moulton LJ in J B Williams & Co v Bronnley & Co LtdUNK(1909) 26 RPC 765 to mean a capricious addition to the article itself the colour or shape it may be, of the wrapper or anything of that kind. The same idea......
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND MONOPOLY IN SHAPES, CONTAINERS AND OTHER COMMONPLACE ARTICLES
...from that of another except at considerable expense. 1. (1986) A. C. 577. 2. (1986) 1 WLR 695. 3. supra. 4. (1886) 33 Ch.D 392. 5. (1909) 26 RPC 765. 6. (1990) 1 WLR 191. 7. (1905) 22 RPC 341, 349. 8. (1902) 19 RPC 518. 9. (1988) FSR 385. 10. (1911) AC 693. 11. (1953) 70 RPC 259. 12. (1896)......