Retail giant Courts loses 'big box' trademark fight

High Court dismisses its appeal to remove trademark, which was registered in 2005 by Big Box mall operator

Big Box, an eight-storey mall in Jurong East, opened in December 2014. Its operator - Big Box Corp - and Courts were among businesses that took part in the warehouse retail scheme initiated by the Economic Development Board in 2004.
Big Box, an eight-storey mall in Jurong East, opened in December 2014. Its operator - Big Box Corp - and Courts were among businesses that took part in the warehouse retail scheme initiated by the Economic Development Board in 2004. ST FILE PHOTO
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Furniture and electronics giant Courts has lost its legal fight to prevent a warehouse retail mall in Jurong from using the words "big box" as a trademark.

In a written judgment released on Thursday, the High Court dismissed an appeal by Courts to remove the trademark, which was registered in 2005 by the operator of the eight-storey Big Box mall.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on April 07, 2018, with the headline Retail giant Courts loses 'big box' trademark fight. Subscribe