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High court finds that 'history' can be repeated

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 8 2013

A recent High Court decision dismissed trademark infringement and passing-off claims in respect of television channel name 'Discovery History'

Omega v Omega: watch out for co-existence agreements

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 18 2013

Omega Engineering Inc v Omega SA (2012 EWHC 3440 (Ch) November 30 2012) highlights the perils of two companies using identical trademarks for

Omega v Omega: watch out for co-existence agreements

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 7 2013

This case highlights the perils of two companies using identical trade marks, albeit for different goods, and seeking to co-exist. However amicable

Surveying the landscape: admissibility of survey evidence in trademark disputes

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 21 2013

The Court of Appeal has issued its much-anticipated decision on the admissibility of survey evidence in the long-running trademark dispute between

Court of Appeal rules on account of profits

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 14 2013

It is rare for an English court to be asked to determine an account of profits in an IP infringement action and it is even more rare for an account

Surveying the legal landscape

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 14 2012

The Court of Appeal has handed down its much anticipated judgment on the admissibility of survey evidence in the long running trade mark dispute between

NOW that's what I call a stay under Article 104(1)

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • November 12 2012

The Court of Appeal has upheld two decisions relating to separate trademark infringement actions brought by Starbucks and EMI against Sky concerning Community trademarks for NOW

Now that’s what I call a stay under Article 104(1)

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • November 9 2012

The Court of Appeal has upheld two High Court decisions relating to separate trade mark infringement actions brought by Starbucks and EMI against Sky concerning Community Trade Marks for “NOW”

Supreme Court upholds Oracle's first marketing rights in Europe

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • August 13 2012

The Supreme Court has unequivocally upheld the rights of a trademark owner to the first marketing rights of its products in the European Economic Area, notwithstanding complaints from a parallel importer that the exercise of those rights was anti-competitive

UK Supreme Court upholds Oracle’s rights to control first marketing of its it hardware in Europe

  • RPC
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • July 27 2012

The Supreme Court (the UK’s highest court) has unequivocally upheld the rights of a trade mark owner to the first marketing rights of its products in the EEA, notwithstanding complaints from a parallel importer that the exercise of those rights was anti-competitive (see Oracle America Inc. (formerly Sun) v M-Tech Data Ltd1