Legally sound but is it fair?
This was more a case of the public being well aware of TomTom International's mark. With special feature audio.
Although a judge was right to reject a trade mark appeal by a public relations professional over the name TomTom, the law should provide a remedy to the business that came first.
So say two intellectual property experts commenting on the precedent-setting case.
Just before Christmas, the High
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Campbell Gibson
Tue, 26 Jan 2016
Tue, 26 Jan 2016
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Legally sound but is it fair?
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