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BUDEJOVICKY BUDVAR NP v ANHEUSER-BUSCH INC.

2012; Oxford University Press; Volume: 129; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/rpc/rcs018

1756-1000

Legal Issues in South Africa

H1 Trade Marks—Invalidity—Identical trade marks—BUDWEISER trade mark—Acquiescence—Identical marks entered on the register on the same date and for identical goods—Application for invalidation made 4 years and 364 days after entry on the register of proprietor’s own identical trade mark—Meaning of “acquiescence” in statutory bar on invalidation—Start date of five-year period from which statutory bar operates—Honest concurrent use—Whether proprietor of an earlier trade mark could prevail where honest concurrent use of long duration and mark relied upon did not signify proprietor’s goods alone.