🏢 Danone Biscuits Manufacturing (M) Sdn. Bhd. v. Hwa Tai Industries Bhd
🗞️ A British biscuits manufacturer has been selling cookies in Malaysia for more than 20 years since 1990 under the registered trademark “ChipsMore”. Then, sometime in 2001, it was discovered that a Malaysian company
📁 Passing off refers to the act of making false representation to make others from believing that the goods or services are those of another. Usually, this happens when someone tries to gain profits by riding on an existing famous brand. In common law countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia
👸 Taylor Swift asides from her amazing 10 Grammy Awards, is also loaded with trademarks. Taylor Swift had famously trademarked phrases like “Party Like It’s 1989”, “Nice To Meet You”, Cause We Never Go Out of Style”, “Could Show You Incredible Things” and “This Sick Beat” to
⏳ In 1998, the estate for Elvis Presley under Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. (EPE) sued a night club in Houston for trademark dilution. EPE has at least registered 17 other trademark under “Elvis Presley” and alike in the US but none of those marks were registered in the use of restaurant or
ℹ️ Trademark dilution is a term used in countries like the US and Canada, it is a trademark law protection given to the owner of a famous trademark to forbid others from using that mark in a way that would lessen its uniqueness. This would mean that the owner of the trademark would have exclusive
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