Erven Warnink BV v J Townend & Sons (Hull) Ltd
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Erven Warnink BV v J Townend & Sons (Hull) Ltd
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Erven Warnink B.V. v. J. Townend & Sons (Hull) Ltd., [1979] AC 731, [1980] R.P.C. 31, – also known as the Advocaat case – is a leading decision of the House of Lords that further developed the common law tort of extended passing off for the Commonwealth as originally established in Bollinger v. Costa Brava. Prior to this case "collective goodwill", as required for an action in passing off, only applied to names indicating geographic origin. The Court held that wares whose name falsely suggests i
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