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Verimark (Pty) Ltd v BMW AG BMW AG v Verimark (Pty) Ltd

Judgment South Africa Law Reports Cited authorities 11 Cited in 23 Precedent Map Related
Vincent
JurisdictionSouth Africa
Citation2007 (6) SA 263 (SCA)
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23 practice notes
  • Discovery Holdings Ltd v Sanlam Ltd and Others
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...Africa Ltd v United Bank Ltd and Another 1991 (4) SA 780 (T): referred to Verimark (Pty) Ltd v BMW AG; BMW AG v Verimark (Pty) Ltd 2007 (6) SA 263 (SCA): applied. I Australia Johnson and Johnson Australia Pty Ltd v Sterling Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd [1991] FCA 310 ((1991) 30 FCR 326): dictum ......
  • LA Group (Pty) Ltd v Stable Brands (Pty) Ltd and Another
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...Ltd v Primark Holdings 2019 (1) SA 179 (SCA) ([2018] ZASCA 108): referred to Verimark (Pty) Ltd v BMW AG; BMW AG v Verimark (Pty) Ltd 2007 (6) SA 263 (SCA) ([2007] ZASCA 53): dicta in paras [6] – [7] applied Vulcan Rubber Works (Pty) Ltd v South African Railways and Harbours 1958 (3) SA 285......
  • Discovery Holdings Ltd v Sanlam Ltd and Others
    • South Africa
    • Western Cape Division, Cape Town
    • 3 July 2014
    ...serves as a badge of origin, before infringement may be established (Verimark (Pty) Ltd v BMW AG; BMW AG v Verimark (Pty) Ltd 2007 (6) SA 263 (SCA)). Section 2 of the Act requires that the mark be used in relation to goods or services for the purpose of distinguishing the goods or services ......
  • Truworths Ltd v Primark Holdings
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...Handling Ltd v Morris Material Handling (Pty) Ltd [2018]ZASCA 67: comparedVerimark (Pty) Ltd v BMW AG; BMW AG v Verimark (Pty) Ltd 2007 (6)SA 263 (SCA): dictum in paras [5]–[7] appliedVictoria’s Secret Inc v Edgars Stores Ltd 1994 (3) SA 739 (A): dictaat 745G–748H appliedWestminster Tobacco......
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20 cases
  • Discovery Holdings Ltd v Sanlam Ltd and Others
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...Africa Ltd v United Bank Ltd and Another 1991 (4) SA 780 (T): referred to Verimark (Pty) Ltd v BMW AG; BMW AG v Verimark (Pty) Ltd 2007 (6) SA 263 (SCA): applied. I Australia Johnson and Johnson Australia Pty Ltd v Sterling Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd [1991] FCA 310 ((1991) 30 FCR 326): dictum ......
  • LA Group (Pty) Ltd v Stable Brands (Pty) Ltd and Another
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...Ltd v Primark Holdings 2019 (1) SA 179 (SCA) ([2018] ZASCA 108): referred to Verimark (Pty) Ltd v BMW AG; BMW AG v Verimark (Pty) Ltd 2007 (6) SA 263 (SCA) ([2007] ZASCA 53): dicta in paras [6] – [7] applied Vulcan Rubber Works (Pty) Ltd v South African Railways and Harbours 1958 (3) SA 285......
  • Discovery Holdings Ltd v Sanlam Ltd and Others
    • South Africa
    • Western Cape Division, Cape Town
    • 3 July 2014
    ...serves as a badge of origin, before infringement may be established (Verimark (Pty) Ltd v BMW AG; BMW AG v Verimark (Pty) Ltd 2007 (6) SA 263 (SCA)). Section 2 of the Act requires that the mark be used in relation to goods or services for the purpose of distinguishing the goods or services ......
  • Truworths Ltd v Primark Holdings
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...Handling Ltd v Morris Material Handling (Pty) Ltd [2018]ZASCA 67: comparedVerimark (Pty) Ltd v BMW AG; BMW AG v Verimark (Pty) Ltd 2007 (6)SA 263 (SCA): dictum in paras [5]–[7] appliedVictoria’s Secret Inc v Edgars Stores Ltd 1994 (3) SA 739 (A): dictaat 745G–748H appliedWestminster Tobacco......
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3 books & journal articles
  • The appropriate scope of property rights in registered designs
    • South Africa
    • Juta South African Intellectual Property Law Journal No. , May 2019
    • 24 May 2019
    ...paras [17]–[20], referri ng to Commercial Auto G lass (Pty) Ltd v BMW AG 2007 (6) SA 637 (SCA) para [3]; Verimark (Pty) Ltd v BMW AG 2007 (6) SA 263 (SCA) paras [5]–[6].52 South African Intellectual Property Law Journal (2017) 5 © Juta and Company (Pty) appears that the t rademark infri nge......
  • Towards the Harmonisation of Trade Mark Laws in Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Selected Infringement Provisions
    • South Africa
    • Juta Journal of Comparative Law in Africa No. , August 2019
    • 16 August 2019
    ...‘Trademarkdilution: No laughing matter’ (2009) 31(9) European Intellectual PropertyReview 455 at456 and Verimark(Pty) Ltd v BMW AG 2007 (6) SA 263 (SCA).78Jane C Ginsburg ‘Trade-mark dilution’in Coenraad J Visser (ed) The New Law ofTrade Marks and Designs (1995) 37.79Webster et al (n 45) pa......
  • The value judgment conundrum: A critical review of recent trade mark appeal decisions
    • South Africa
    • Juta South African Intellectual Property Law Journal No. , May 2019
    • 24 May 2019
    ...the means employed, the ai m is 14 L’Oreal SA & others v Bellure N V & others Case C-487/07 (EC J).15 Verimark (Pt y) Ltd v BMW AG 2007 (6) SA 263 (SCA).16 Misawak a Rubber of Woolen Mfg Co v SS Kresge Co 316 US 203 (1942) 205.17 Laugh It Of f Promotions CC v SAB Inte rnational Financ e BV ......

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