Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1952

State of Kuwait · Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Registration of a trademark. A rebuttable presumption of its ownership. The burden of proving otherwise rests on the person claiming ownership. - Registration of a trademark coupled with its use for five consecutive years and the failure of a person able to contest ownership to bring his action. A conclusive legal presumption of ownership by the person who registered it. The challenged judgment’s contravention thereof. Renders it defective for contravention of the law and error in its application and requires its cassation. Example. - 339 - Commercial
Arabic original
تسجيل العلامة التجارية. قرينة بسيطة علي ملكيتها. عبء إثبات العكس على مدُعي الملكية. - تسجيل العلامة التجارية المقترن باستعمالها لمدة خمس سنوات مستمرة وسكوت من يستطيع المنازعة في الملكية عن رفع دعواه. قرينة قانونية قاطعة على ملكيتها لمن سجلها. مخالفة الحكم المطعون فيه ذلك. تعيبه بمخالفة القانون والخطأ في تطبيقه وتوجب تمييزه. مثال. - ٣٣٩ - تجاري
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٨٦/٩٦ تجاري جلسة ٢٤/٣/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٤٧٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 339. PDF pages: 339.

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