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Trade libel
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Libel
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Criticism, comment
for public approval. As to when criticism is fair and honest and no libel, see Joynt v. Cycle Trade Publishing Co., (1904) 2 KB 292; Thomas v. Bradbury, Agnew & Co. Ltd., (1906) 2 KB 627. Consult
disparagement
of another's property, business, or product called also business disparagement commercial disparagement disparagement of property slander of goods trade libel 2 : slander of title
Slander
where they impute misconduct in a public office; (3) where they are spoken in reference to a person's trade or profession, see Jones v. Jones, (1916) 2 AC 481; (4) where they impute a contagious disease likely … Slander, the malicious defamation of a person bywords; as a libel is by writing, etc. It is actionable in the following cases: (1) where the words impute a criminal
British museum
in the United Kingdom by s. 15 of the Copyright Act, 1911, but certain classes of publications, e.g., trade advertisements, registers of voters, specifications of Patents, time tables, calendars, etc., may be excepted; see British Museum Act, … 23. In Martin v. British Museum Trustees, (1894) 10 TLR 338, the plaintiff failed to recover for a libel in a pamphlet bought by the defendants and placed in the library for public use.
Injunction
adequately prevented than by an injunction; as where the injury is irreparable or where injury to health or trade, destruction of the means of subsistence, or permanent ruin to propertmay ensue'e.g., from the obstruction of ancient lights … to whom it is addressed, the receiver having only a special property in it; the publication of a libel; the proper use by one man of the trademarks or name of another person; the disclosure of secrets
Reputation
Warwick v. Queen's College, Oxford, (1871) 6 Ch App 716; connection of mark or name with goods: see TRADE MARKS. … credit, honour, character, good name. Injuries to one's reputation, which is a personal right, are defamatory. See CHARACTER; LIBEL. Certain private and public rights may be established by reputation, e.g., highways [Austin's case, (1672) 1 Vent. 181];
Black list
other person supplying him is also liable. See DRUNKENNESS. The publication of a black list may constitute a libel if it conveys a defamatory and untrue meaning. 'Black lists are real instruments of coercion, as every man … to his cost, Quim v. Leathem, 1901 AC 538; see also Ware & De Freville, Ltd. v. Motor Trades Association, (1921) 3 KB 41, as to putting a person's name on a black list to influence people
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