|
|
 |
Expert evidence in trade mark disputes rarely useful, says judge
A judge has said that expert witnesses are rarely useful in deciding if a consumer will be confused by two similar trade marks. Lady Justice Arden was adjudicating a dispute over insurance advertising when she said that hearing officers (officials appointed by Government agencies to conduct hearings) should mostly use their own judgement in proceedings. Her adjudication involved an insurance business which had a trade mark for a telephone on wheels, and was opposing another insurance business which had applied for a trade mark for a computer mouse on wheels. Read more on this story at:
2008-08-15
|
|
|
|
