Exxon v Exxon Insurance [1982] 3 All E.R. 241
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United Kingdom
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Updated 2024-01-04 07:12:54 UTC
Claimant expended considerable research and effort coming up with name ‘Exxon’ for its corporate group.
Claimant sued Defendant, who used word Exxon in their company name.
Issue was whether word Exxon was a ‘literary work’.
Held
A single invented word alone and by itself IS NOT a ‘literary work’
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For such a word to be literary work, would have to have qualities and characteristics in itself
Rather than only having a meaning when accompanied by other words
This unlikely to be possible in practice
Fact that research went into its creation irrelevant
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