Refer a dispute between two schools over a trademark to "appeal"

The Federal Supreme Court referred a case of a dispute between two schools over a trademark to the Court of Appeal for further consideration, as it accepted the appeal of one of them against a ruling that obligated it to cancel the trade name that it uses upon the request of the second school.

In the details, a private school filed a lawsuit, demanding the competent authorities to delete the imitated trade name of its name, to oblige the defendant school to change it, to use another name not similar to its name, to remove all the plates bearing its name, and to stop advertising it in newspapers.

She said that it was "a school licensed in the state since 2000, and registered its trademark with the Ministry of Economy. In 2017, I was surprised by the defendant announcing in a newspaper that it had opened as a school with the same name, so I warned her to stop using her trade name, to no avail, so the lawsuit was made."

The Federal Court of First Instance ordered the defendant to delete the trade name of the school from the commercial registry in one of the emirates of the country, and from all its publications and publications, and to stop advertising it in newspapers and advertising media, then a second court ruled to uphold the first ruling.

For its part, the Federal Supreme Court upheld the defendant's appeal against the ruling, explaining that the documents prove that the plaintiff school paid before a court of first instance that the two parties were authorized by the owner of the name and the mother mark to exploit the same name and the same trademark, according to contracts in this regard, and requested From the court, in accordance with the provisions of Article 18 of the Evidence Law, obligating the plaintiff to submit the document produced under her control, and the link between her and the owner of the name and trademark of international fame, which exceeded the borders of the country of origin to clarify the basis on which the case was based, but the court disregarded her request. It decided on the case in light of the papers in its possession, which necessitates its revocation with the referral.

• The Court of First Instance ordered the defendant to cancel the name of the school from the commercial registry.

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