25 January 2007
Special Effects Ltd v L’Oreal SA [2007] EWCA Civ 1, [2007] All ER (D) 29 (Jan)
Decisions made in proceedings in the Trade Mark Registry against one party do not give rise to issue estoppel in subsequent legal proceedings in the High Court since the decisions of the registry are not final against the party who lost in those proceedings.
Therefore, it is not an abuse of process for the party who loses in the registry to raise similar issues in subsequent High Court proceedings between the same parties.
