Nah, the case was just about the copyright ownership. The company that bought the copyright (Raben) was an Australian footwear company that sold Doc Martens. Gr

Nah, the case was just about the copyright ownership. The company that bought the copyright (Raben) was an Australian footwear company that sold Doc Martens. Griggs weren't trying to stop them using the logo and there was no passing off, so there was no suggestion of a registered trademark or passing off action. They just wanted a declaration that they own the copyright, for obvious reasons. (It's not clear why Raben bought the copyright off the designer and what they were planning on doing with it. Apparently they just didn't like Griggs and wanted to piss them off... see first instance para 12). Here's the first instance decision, which explains the background: http://www.5rb.com/docs/Griggs%20Group%20Ltd-v-Evans%20ChD%202%20Dec%202003.pdf http://www.5rb.com/docs/Griggs%20Group%20Ltd-v-Evans%20ChD%2... And the CA decision: http://judgmental.org.uk/judgments/EWCA-Civ/2005/[2005]_EWCA_Civ_11.html http://judgmental.org.uk/judgments/EWCA-Civ/2005/[2005]_EWCA... (currently down, but google has it cached if you don't have westlaw access)