Philips Electronics BV v. Remington Consumer Products

[1998] R.P.C 283 (1997)

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Philips Electronics BV v. Remington Consumer Products

England and Wales High Court, Chancery Division
[1998] R.P.C 283 (1997)

Facts

Philips Electronics BV (Philips) (plaintiff) and Remington Consumer Products (Remington) (defendant) both manufactured and sold electric shavers. Philips had made a special type of electric shaver using three heads arranged in a triangle. Philips attempted to assert that it had trademark rights to any electric shaver that utilized this three-headed-triangle design and attempted to register trademarks in multiple countries for pictures of its three-headed shaver. Philips argued that a three-headed shaver could be considered a distinctive mark because a different shape could perform an equally good shave and the three-headed design was simply an aesthetic choice to represent Philips’s brand.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Jacob, J.)

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