Practice - Manchester United v Sega
Steve Garry from Manchester, United Kingdom / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 ) Jane Lambert Chancery Division (Mr Justice Morgan) Manchester United Football Club Ltd v Sega Publishing Europe Ltd and another [2020] EWHC 1439 (Ch) (4 June 2020) This was an application by Manchester United Football Club ("MUFC") for permission to amend its particulars of claim. The Club has already brought proceedings against Sega Publishing Europe Ltd. ("Sega") and Sports Interactive Ltd. ("SI") alleging infringements of its EU trade marks EU1333640 and EU761312 under art 9 (2) (a) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark (Text with EEA relevance) OJ L 154, 16.6.2017, p. 1–99 and passing off. The amendment that it sought would have added a new cause of action under art 10. SI had developed a game call...