Fashionably IP

Fashion brands and non-use

HGF Season 3 Episode 19

Rebecca Field and Lee Curtis discuss non-use revocation actions and fashion brands in the United Kingdom and European Union. What constitutes use? Do you need to use a trade mark in the exact form of the registered trade mark? What are the valid reasons for non-use?

Timestamps:

  • 2:49 - The basics of Law
  • 6:42 - Cases in the EU of non-use and trademarks in the UK and the EU
  • 11:01 - Can anything be learnt from these decisions?