Read the full judgment text of HCA 2049/2015 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 5 September 2018.
1. This is a claim of trade mark infringement, but in essence, the case is on comparative advertising and the dispute turns on whether the Defendant’s use of the Plaintiffs’ trade marks in the Defendant’s advertisements can be said to be in accordance with honest practices in industrial or commercial matters, such as to afford to the Defendant a defence under s 21 of the Trade Marks Ordinance (“ Ordinance ”).