Intellectual Property Decisions
22091 (1) Dawnay, Day & Co Limited (2) Dawnay, Day International Limited v Cantor Fitzgerald International AND Cantor Fitzgerald International v (1) Dawnay, Day & Co Limited (2) Dawnay, Day International Limited (3) Dawnay, Day Equities Limited
Court of Appeal (Sir Richard Scott V-C, Henry LJ, Pill LJ, 24 June 1999) defendant and plaintiff’s ex-managers took over plaintiff’s bond broking business – entitlement to continue using Dawnay, Day name – whether use took away distinctiveness from plaintiff – misrepresentation – counterclaim – appeal dismissed (SRIS C/039/99)
Mr R Miller QC and Miss F Clark (Norton Rose) for the appellant defendant; Mr G Hobbs QC and Mr R Hacon (Hobson Audley Hopkins
& Wood) for the respondent plaintiffs.