“…Similarly, in W3 Ltd v easyGroup Ltd [2018] EWHC 7 (Ch), [2018] FSR 16 at [208], I found that the trade marks easyStay and easyHotel on websites were used in relation to shared residential accommodation, even though the websites d…”
“…The judge adopted at [138] my suggestion in W3 Ltd v easyGroup Ltd [2018] EWHC 7 (Ch), [2018] FSR 16 at [287] that, in cases brought under section 10(2) of the 1994 Act and Article 9(2)(b) of the EUTM Regulation, honest concurrent use was not a separate defenc…”
“…the judge also thought that Combe’s argument received some support from what I had said sitting at first instance in W3 Ltd v easyGroup Ltd [2018] EWHC 7 (Ch), [2018] FSR 16 at [349]-[350], but the passages in question merely reflect the arguments of counsel in that case.…”