Bravado Merchandising Services Ltd v Mainstream Publishing (Edinbur... [1995] 4 All E.R. 812
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United Kingdom
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Updated 2024-01-04 07:13:46 UTC
Defendant wrote a book about band ‘Wet Wet Wet’, whose name was trade marked.
Held
Was descriptive use, as use of trade mark described main characteristic of book.
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