Asia Standard Management Services Limited v Standard International Management LLC [2020] EWHC 28 (Ch)
Christopher Hall represented the Respondent in this High Court appeal from a trade mark opposition decision. The Hearing Officer had decided that the trade mark application was not materially different to an earlier application which had been successfully opposed by the Respondent, and he dismissed this second application on that basis without considering the likelihood of confusion in relation to each of the goods and services separately. On appeal, the Judge examined the legitimacy of this approach, and found that it was a permissible one.