“…In Walton International Ltd v Verweij Fashion BV [2018] EWHC 1608 (Ch) [2018] RPC 19 both sides had used the trade mark GIORDANO for clothing since the 1980s. The claimants’ business was based in Hong Kong, and their core markets …”
“…tent with earlier domestic jurisprudence. So far as point 6 is concerned, the following statement of principle in Walton International Ltd v Verweij Fashion BV [2018] EWHC 1608 (Ch), [2018] RPC 19 at [186(i)] is of particular relevance to the present case:…”
“…able that the specification of goods covers the goods in issue in this case. In the context of honest concurrent use, a similar point arose in Walton v Verweij [2018] EWHC 1608 (Ch). At paragraph 214 Arnold J held that a party did not have a duty to search the register prior to marketing their goods and then to apply to revoke any unused m…”
“…ative as Merck v Merck and Argos v Argos, I note that the judge was not referred to my first instance judgment in Walton International Ltd v Verweij Fashion BV [2018] EWHC 1608 (Ch), [2018] RPC 19, which he might have found of assistance, in particular because it cited with approval an “illuminating” passage from the judgment of Daniel Ale…”
“…EWHC B33 (Ch), Mabb v English [2017] EWHC 3616 (QB); [2018] 1 Costs LR 1 (May J) (where it was common ground) and Walton International Ltd v Verweij Fashion BV [2018] EWHC 1608 (Ch) (Arnold J). In his judgment in Singh, HH Judge Simon Barker QC (sitting as a Judge of the High Court) said at [49]:…”