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Court confirms violation of competition rules by German recycling company

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • June 1 2007

The Court of First Instance (CFI) has dismissed in its entirety the appeal by Duales System Deutschland (DSD) against two decisions of the European Commission concerning its system for collection and recycling of packaging waste

Late filing of evidence in support of a CTM opposition

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, Germany, Portugal
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  • February 21 2008

The German company K & L Ruppert Stiftung & Co. Handels-KG (“Ruppert”) lodged an opposition against the registration by three Portuguese individuals of the figurative mark CORPO LIVRE

ECJ rules that only cheese from Parmigiano region qualifies as “Parmesan”

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • February 29 2008

On 26 February 2008, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) dismissed the European Commission’s action against Germany but confirmed that only cheese bearing the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) “Parmigiano Reggiano” can be sold under the name “Parmesan”

Ownership and operation of pharmacies can be restricted to pharmacists alone

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Austria, European Union, Germany
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  • May 22 2009

In two recent cases, Commission v Italy and Apothekerkammer des Saarlandes and Others, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) found that the Italian and German legislation providing that only pharmacists may own and operate a pharmacy, is justified by the objective of ensuring that the provision of medicinal products to the public is reliable and of good quality

Absence due to illness does not result in the forfeiture of holiday entitlements

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • February 19 2009

The current position under German law is that every employee has the right to a minimum of 24 days' paid holiday each year (although agreements can be made to enhance this statutory minimum

German Federal Supreme Court sends adwords question to the ECJ

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • January 23 2009

Yesterday the German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) published its keenly anticipated decisions on three adword cases

ECJ rules against central register of foreign nationals

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • February 6 2009

On December 15, 2008, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in Case C-52406 Heinz Huber v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland, which involved the legality of a database (Central Register of Foreign Nationals) maintained by the German Federal Government containing residence information about European Union citizens who are not German citizens

EU customs action: international marks

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • September 16 2009

In Zino Davidoff SA v Bundesfinanzdirektion Südost C-30208 2 July 2009 (unreported) the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that a Madrid Protocol mark designating the Community has the same effect as a Community trade mark (CTM) for the purposes of Article 5(4) of the Customs Regulation (13832003EC

European litigation trends

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom
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  • March 30 2007

Litigating in Europe is a complex process

Consumers not required to pay compensation for the use of defective goods

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • August 1 2008

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently ruled that suppliers of defective consumer products cannot request that consumers pay for the use of such products pending their return or replacement

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