tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post5747516829060257993..comments2024-03-29T06:53:23.405+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Friday fanfareVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-25501631772650078302009-09-01T00:23:32.135+01:002009-09-01T00:23:32.135+01:00The Wombles are very well connected to the IP lega...The Wombles are very well connected to the IP legal trade. While it is true that in Wombles vs. Wombles Skips Elizabeth Beresford did not win what was essentially attempted as a passing-off case, <br /><br />(Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases 1977 94(5):99-102<br />Also reported [1975] F.S.R. 488)<br /><br /> Mr. Justice Walton endeared himself to me by commenting that it was a pity (or words to that effect) that Wombles Skips were maligned, because they were really only doing what the Wombles themselves stood for: the collection of garbage and refuse. So, he was paying tribute to the Wombles. Having read out aloud to our children from the Wombles books, I was very intimate with all members of that tribe, including Great Uncle Bulgaria.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com