Exxon Corp v Exxon Insurance Consultants International Ltd
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exxon-corp-v-exxon-insurance-consultants-international-ltd-314-6966368
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Exxon Corp v Exxon Insurance Consultants International Ltd
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Exxon Corp. v. Exxon Insurance Consultants International Ltd [1982] Ch. 119 is a leading decision in English law on the existence of copyright in a name alone and the infringement of a trade mark. The Court found that typically there is no copyright in a name, invented or otherwise, and that a trade mark can only be infringed when the infringing party shares part of the market segment. The Plaintiff, Exxon Corp, had claimed the copyright of the word and went on to file an injunction to stop the
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