Kent Solicitors

Do you remember "WORLD CUP WILLIE" from the 1966 World Cup hosted by the Football Association Ltd? The Courts do and they think that after 40 years there was still sufficient residual goodwill in the drawing of the cartoon lion mascot to prevent anyone else re-using it today in connection with a major football event

The ownership of copyright in that drawing was sufficient to prevent Jules Rimet Cup Limited from registering ownership of rights in the trade mark "WORLD CUP WILLIE" and a device consisting of a cartoon type lion dressed in the England football strip.

Labels: Football copyright trade mark