E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY v THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY in his capacity as the REGISTRAR OF TRADE MARKS

Read the full judgment text of HCAL 000132/2003 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 17 June 2004.

1. These two consolidated applications for judicial review arise out of proceedings in opposition to an application for the registration of a trade mark. The proceedings have been conducted in terms of the Trade Mark Ordinance, Cap.43 ('the Ordinance') and the Trade Mark Rules ('the Rules') made thereunder. The Ordinance and the Rules have now been replaced by a new statute, the Trade Mark Ordinance, Cap.559, which came into effect in April 2003. The consolidated applications are therefore to be