Burning hot August day in the picturesque bay of Lindos (Rhodos/Greece)
A recent decision of the Higher Regional Court Vienna (OLG Vienna), second - and often last – instance in cancellation and…
The jury award of $340,000 for lost profits was not excessive but the trial court gave improper jury instructions on punitive damages.
Following a jury trial in Louisville, Kentucky that resulted in…
Diesel SPA (hereafter Diesel Italy) began selling jeans in Italy in 1978. The jeans were sold in Ireland from 1982 onward. In the intervening years, a company based in Monaghan also started to…
This is the first of three blog posts examining the UK Court of Appeal’s decision in the highly publicised dispute between Lidl and Tesco, concerning Tesco’s use of a blue and yellow sign (the “Tesco…
On 13 March 2024, the General Court (3rd and 7th Chamber) issued two judgments dealing with weak marks in the sense the most trademark practitioners applaud, namely granting descriptive elements in…
At the end of last year, and shortly before the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (‘REULA’) came into force in the UK on 1 January 2024 (the legislation that officially brought an end…
The Swiss Federal Supreme Court decided that the customisation of branded items on behalf of the watch-owner does not violate trademark law
In its Judgement of 19 January 2024, the Swiss Federal…
The start of 2024 marked a significant change in the UK legal landscape post-Brexit – the entry into force of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (‘REULA’). This is the first of two…
On 18 January 2024, in case C-367/21 (still no English version) the CJEU ruled again on the exhaustion of EU trade mark rights (following its five rulings of 17 November 2022 including C-175/21…
