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…
Swatch sued Samsung for trademark infringement, arguing that Samsung allowed users to download infringing watch face apps from its Galaxy App Store (“SGA”). The Samsung case[1] shows that the UK…
After yet so many decisions denying trademark protection for slogans in Germany, the Federal Patent Court in Germany recently allowed registration of the slogan mark “Who stops you” (decision…
All trademark news that you might have missed last month in one convenient overview. Read up on the latest news reported by the Kluwer IP Reporter.
Australia completes pilot phase of TM Checker tool…
Chiquita Brands queens it over Red Queen – General Court, 29 May 2024, T-79/23
The General Court (GC) has annulled another Board of Appeal decision. That in itself is worth reporting as this…
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…
The judgment of the General Court (GC) concerns a textbook case and addresses the typical arguments in trademark conflicts in the cosmetics sector.
Facts
The Applicant, Azalee Cosmetics,…
UEFA, governing body of European football (a role that came into spotlight in the recent Super League case, not an IP case, see C-333/21), is slowly turning their attention to Germany, where the…
All trademark news that you might have missed last month in one convenient overview. Read up on the latest news reported by the Kluwer IP Reporter.
Australia implements Madrid Goods and Services list…
In the third (and final) of our blogs reporting on the UK Court of Appeal decision in Lidl v Tesco, we examine the findings in relation to non-use revocation.
At first instance, the judge found that…
