Trade marks: genuine use | Practical Law

Trade marks: genuine use | Practical Law

The High Court has held that the import into the UK of products bearing a trade mark by a distributor who failed to put the products on sale to the public did not constitute "genuine use" of the mark.

Trade marks: genuine use

Practical Law UK Legal Update 3-200-3854 (Approx. 3 pages)

Trade marks: genuine use

by Bird & Bird
Published on 17 Feb 2005
The High Court has held that the import into the UK of products bearing a trade mark by a distributor who failed to put the products on sale to the public did not constitute "genuine use" of the mark.