No let-up for SULETS as ‘use in a locality’ defence fails
Student Union Lettings Limited v Essex Student Lets Limited [2018] EWHC 419 (IPEC) The UK Intellectual Enterprise Court has ruled that Essex Student Lets Limited, a student accommodation letting company, has fallen foul of trade mark infringement and passing-off, courtesy of their use of the mark “SU LETS”. Background The Defendant in…