Czech Republic, Defences, General Court, Infringement, Infringement action, Parallel imports, Supreme Court
Czech Supreme Court in Fiskars: defence of abuse of dominant position by trademark owner in parallel imports litigation not to be axed at once
The Czech Supreme Court issued a judgment in the case of Fiskars Corporation against Mountfield a.s. (23 Cdo 5955/2017-231 dated 29 May 2019). Fiskars sued Mountfield, a home improvement and gardening retailer, among others, for trademark infringement consisting in illegal parallel imports from North America to the EU of Fiskars branded axes. The defendant did…
