bad faith

The 'Hawk Tuah' meme, popularised by Haliey (sic!) Welch, has prompted several third parties to apply for trademark protection in the EU. Can Welch, the 'Hawk Tuah Girl', challenge them?   collage…

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…

Intellectual property law is designed to confer exclusive protections to intangible assets, to be used in compliance with honest commercial practices. In the absence of a statutory definition of what…

    In two parallel decisions of 19 October 2022, the General Court confirmed the cancellation of the figurative “Lío” marks as shown above registered in the name of a German individual (let’s call…

The long running dispute between Sky and SkyKick is not due to end any time soon. SkyKick has been granted permission to appeal the 2021 decision of the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court. The…

In February this year, the Swedish Patent and Market Court (“PMD”) ruled in favour of Volvo in a bad faith case regarding the mark “MADE BY SWEDEN” registered by Green Stapler. The mark Made by…

The first-ever ADR domain name proceedings took place in Slovakia since introduction of the procedure in September 2017. The case involved a dispute over the domain name . The complainant –…