Trade Marks: APT Training and Consultancy Ltd. and another v Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham Author Tony Hisgett Licence Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic Source Wikipedia, Birmingham Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (Her Honour Judge Melissa Clarke) APT Training and Consultancy Ltd and another v Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust [2019] EWHC 19 (IPEC) 9 Jan 2019 This was a very interesting case for two reasons. First, the claim was for the infringement of the claimant's British and European Union trade marks for educational services, training, seminars and the like relating to psychology by providing mental health care in its hospitals and training in its use under an acronym that was the same as those registered marks. Secondly, the trial of the action took place outside London the first time in the history of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court ("IPEC") . The Parties The claimants were APT Training & Consultancy Ltd. and i...