Trade marks
Doctrine in Intellectual Property. 4 cases, with the principle each one established. By lanbuk.com.
- Michael Aboud & Sons & Aktiebolaget Jonkoping-vulcan (CIV APP 30 of 1962) [1963] SLCA 15 (19 February 1963)
Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal · 1963
Principle established: A trade mark application may be refused if the mark is calculated to deceive ultimate purchasers due to resemblance to an existing registered trade mark.
- Michael Aboud & Sons v Aktiebolaget Jonkoping-Vulcan (CIV APP 30 of 1962) [1963] SLCA 1251 (19 February 1963)
Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal · 1963
Principle established: A trade mark application may be refused if the mark is calculated to deceive ultimate purchasers due to resemblance to an existing registered trade mark.
- T. Choithram & Sons v P. Choithram & Sons, 1964-66 ALR S.L. 253
Sierra Leone — African Law Reports · 1964-66
Principle established: In an action for trademark or trade name infringement, a plaintiff need not establish a fraudulent motive provided actual or probable injury to goodwill is proved.
- T. Choithram and Sons Limited v. P. Choithram and Sons & Another (CC 364 of 1964) [1965] SLSC 3 (30 July 1965)
Sierra Leone — Supreme Court · 1965
Principle established: Proof of fraudulent intent is unnecessary in an action for infringement of a trade name or mark, provided actual or probable injury to goodwill is established.