The UK Court of Appeal allows a Lidl trade mark to go a long way
…in the Lidl Marks for low-priced value. She further held that Tesco had failed to establish due cause through its argument that it had the right to use a combination…
…in the Lidl Marks for low-priced value. She further held that Tesco had failed to establish due cause through its argument that it had the right to use a combination…
…in Case T-361/21, Papouis Dairies Ltd (and others) v the European Commission. The Court rejects the action brought by a number of Cypriot dairies to annul the Commission’s Implementing Regulation…
…Company (hereinafter referred to as CCC). And M represents the trade mark invoked by X. Both companies – whose founders were brothers – provide touring car services. The case concerned…
Recent posts have examined the UK courts’ approach to IP law post-Brexit, and have examined decisions handed down shortly before the coming into force of REULA on 1 January 2024…
…but these are not the focus of this blog article. The Court then turned to the comparison of the marks – starting with the assessment of dominant and distinctive elements….
…defence arguing incompatibility of Chanel’s selective distribution system with EU competition law due to inconsistency and discrimination. The bad news for trademark owners is that the court only granted the…
…on more complex issues and where there is already tension between EU interpretation and UK law, change may be on the horizon. This is all subject, of course, to a…
…products at the request of the owner does not violate the rules of the Trademark Protection Act (TmPA) or Unfair Competition Act (UCA). This decision is highly relevant, as this…
…would come in – s.10 TMA was plainly intended to implement the Recast Directive which was intended to mean the same as the ECJ and CJEU had interpreted the Trade…
…to reveal their sources within the trademark owner’s distribution network – and even if they did, the trademark proprietor could then block future supply to the non-compliant distributor (para. 63-65)….