
Does scariness amount to detriment?
A fascinating recent judgment by Recorder Amanda Michaels concerned allegations that UK and EU trade marks for FUNTIME, FUN TIME and FUN-TIME for games, toys and playthings and electronic games in class 28 were infringed by action figures, pop vinyl and plush toys sold under the names Funtime Freddy and Funtime Foxy (Luen Fat Metal and Plastic Manufactory Co Ltd v Funko UK, Ltd). These products were derived from the ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ (FNAF) horror video game franchise