Reports of Trade Mark Cases for CIPA May 2022

This month, we report on the High Court’s decision in Litecoin Foundation Ltd v Inshallah Ltd & Ots (John Kimbell QC; [2021] EWHC 1998 (Ch); 16 July 2021) on whether a trade mark application constituted an actionable misrepresentation. We also report on the High Court’s decision in Other Creative Ltd v Mother Family Ltd (Master Clark; [2021] EWHC 3172 (Ch); 26 November 2021) regarding an application to transfer a passing off case to the IPEC. Finally, we summarise the High Court’s judgment in Combe International LLC ('Combe') & Anr v Dr August Wolff Gmbh & Co. KG Arzeneimittel ('Wolff') & Anr* (Johnson J; [2021] EWHC 3347 (Ch) 10 December 2021 and [2022] EWHC 125 (Ch) 20 January 2022) regarding trade mark infringement.