Trade mark Infringement. The Chancery Division considered an action for passing off and for infringement of trade marks, by which the Sky group of companies sought to prevent Microsoft from using the name 'SkyDrive' as the name of its cloud storage service in the European Union. The court held that, among other things, infringement had occurred, and the claimant's passing off claim would succeed.
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Country:
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Indexing Terms:
Trademarks
Community Trademarks
Establishing Deception or Confusion
Trademark Infringement
Trademark Invalidity, Revocation & Rectification
EU Law Relating to Undertakings
European Union Law
Tort & Delict
Passing Off
Intellectual Property Law
EU Internal Market, Economy & Trade
Source Name:
All England Reporter
Jurisdiction:
EnglandandWales
Court:
0
Court Code:
ChD
Judgement Date:
Fri, 2013-06-28
Court Classify:
Chancery Division
Cite:
[2013] All ER (D) 26 (Jul)
Case Name:
*British Sky Broadcasting Group plc and other companies v Microsoft Corporation and another company
Judge:
Mrs Justice Asplin
Prosecution Counsel:
Iain Purvis QC and Brian Nicholson (instructed by SJ Berwin LLP) for Sky.
Defendent Counsel:
Michael Block QC, Anna Carboni and Stuart Baran (instructed by Redd Solicitors LLP) for Microsoft.
Catch Words:
Trade mark
Infringement
Use of similar trade mark
Claimant companies owning trade mark 'SKY'
Defendant company seeking to use name 'SkyDrive' for cloud storage service throughout European Union
Whether infringement of trade mark occurring
Whether passing off occurring
Whether counterclaim regarding partial invalidity of trade mark succeeding
,
Council Regulation (EC) 40/94, arts 9(1)(b), (c).
Parent nid:
June
Practice Area:
Company Commercial
Availability:
Locked
Top content:
No
Representation:
Iain Purvis QC and Brian Nicholson (instructed by SJ Berwin LLP) for Sky.
Michael Block QC, Anna Carboni and Stuart Baran (instructed by Redd Solicitors LLP) for Microsoft.
Neutral Cite:
[2013] EWHC 1826 (Ch)