Important Court of Appeal Decision on the Assessment of Confusing Similarity
In Manuka Doctor Ltd v Hill [2025] NZCA 516, the New Zealand Court of Appeal has just handed down a majority decision (Hinton and Edwards JJ), finding that the marks MANUKA MEDIC and MANUKA DOCTOR were not similar and therefore not confusingly similar. That is, on a “net impression” basis and looking at the respective […]