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Where a person makes groundless threats of infringement proceedings in relation to certain intellectual property (IP) rights, there are provisions allowing action to be taken against the makers of the threats
In the case of PAGO International GmbH v Tirol Milch registriete GmbH Advocate General (AG) Sharpston has advised the ECJ to find that the owner of a Community Trade Mark (CTM) may only sue for trade mark infringement, for use of a sign identical or similar to their own on dissimilar goods, where it is able to show that the CTM has a reputation in a substantial part of the Community
The High Court has refused to restore a patent that had lapsed following the proprietor's failure to pay the renewal fee within the requisite time period due to financial difficulties
In the case of Copad SA v Christian Dior SA, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has confirmed that, in certain circumstances, a brand owner may prohibit the sale of its luxury goods in discount stores
The cosmetics giant L’Oreal has failed in its trade mark infringement action against eBay in France in respect of the sale on eBay of counterfeit L’Oreal products
