R. (ON THE APPLICATION OF BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (UK) LTD) v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH

Court of Appeal

H1 Trade Marks – Goodwill – Copyright – Designs – Tobacco marks – Standardised packaging – Delegated legislation – Whether invalid – Judicial review – Proportionality – Whether violation of property rights – The nature of trade mark rights – Whether purely negative or conferring any positive right to use – Whether other IP rights negative or conferring any positive rights to use – Whether such trade mark or design rights expropriated or merely circumscribed – Whether compensation payable – Appeal to Court of Appeal