Taking
trade mark infringement proceedings for the most obvious infringements is not always the best strategy.
We have also acted in multiple pre-action litigation issues and in high profile Court of Appeal
trade mark infringement proceedings.
The franchisor brought
trade mark infringement proceedings but lost and appealed to the Court of Appeal.
Not exact matches
Shield
Mark brought proceedings against Kist for trade mark infringement and unfair competit
Mark brought
proceedings against Kist for
trade mark infringement and unfair competit
mark infringement and unfair competition.
If the opinion of Advocate General Mengozzi is adopted by the ECJ it will be a step backward for brand protection as
trade mark owners will, effectively, be unable to instigate legal
proceedings for
trade mark infringement in relation to comparative advertisements regardless of whether the rival advertiser uses the same or similar image (no matter how distorted) of the registered
trade mark.
Acting for Discovery Communications in its successful defence of UK High Court
proceedings for
trade mark infringement and passing off brought by broadcasters of the History channel, following Discovery's launch of a television channel called «Discovery History».
In the event of a challenge or dispute relating to IP, we also advise on IP
infringement (including registered
trade marks, passing off, copyright, patents, design rights, database rights, data protection and confidential information); domain name disputes; IP ownership disputes; opposition, invalidity and revocation
proceedings.
Proceedings in Spain for alleged
infringement of the same EU
trade mark have been stayed as the
mark is the subject of cancellation
proceedings at the EUIPO.
O2, which owns two British
trade marks consisting of a static picture of bubbles, brought
proceedings for
trade mark infringement.
And when our clients need us to, we can provide a full legal service on all cases of IP
infringement, bringing extensive experience not just in the relevant courts, but also in arbitrations and
trade mark registry
proceedings.
The action was appealed to the French supreme court (the Cour de Cassation), who stayed
proceedings and referred three questions to the ECJ concerning whether a
trade mark proprietor can invoke
trade mark infringement principles to prevent the sale of licensed goods to discount stores where the licence agreement prohibits such sales and the further commercialisation of the goods.
Key sectors of focus include electronics, media, life sciences and food and beverages; the team recently represented McDonald's in several
trade mark and copyright
infringement disputes against Russian third parties, and is currently advising Lego on
trade mark and copyright enforcement
proceedings across the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).