Read the full judgment text of CACV 000065/2004 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 13 January 2005.
1. On 3 August 1999, Guangdong Foodstuffs Import & Export (Group) Corporation (GDF) applied to register the trademark “御品” (Yupin) (“the mark”) in respect of “alcoholic beverages (except beers)”. The Registrar of Trade Marks refused to register the mark under either Part A or Part B of the Register. On appeal limited to the Part B registration, Barma J set aside the decision of the Registrar dated 29 May 2003 and ordered that the Registrar do proceed to register the mark in Part B in Class 33