Hogan Lovells | Mexico | 5 Dec 2019
A new legal framework on intellectual property was presented to Mexican Congress that aims to further harmonize the Mexican Industrial Property Law…
Hogan Lovells | China, European Union, Italy | 15 Nov 2019
Mit Urteil vom 24. September 2019 (T-219/18) hat das EuG entschieden, dass das für ein chinesisches Unternehmen eingetragene…
Hogan Lovells | United Kingdom | 26 Apr 2012
The High Court held that there was a breach of confidence and copyright infringement as a result of draftsmen's "shortcut" copying of CAD design files of parts of a model car but awarded modest damages.
Hogan Lovells | United Kingdom | 21 Jul 2011
England’s low cost, fast-track IP court, the Patents County Court, has analyzed the requirements for infringement of UK unregistered design rights (UK-UDR) in relation to packaging designs for tortilla-style wraps.
Hogan Lovells | Netherlands | 21 Jul 2011
The District Court of the Hague annulled the ex parte injunction against the artist Nadia Plesner which had prohibited her to use a depiction of a Louis Vuitton bag in one of her socio-critical illustrations.
Hogan Lovells | USA | 21 Jul 2011
On 22 June 2011, it became an act of unfair competition in Washington state for product manufacturers whose products are offered for sale in Washington state to use "stolen or misappropriated IT" in their business operations.
Hogan Lovells | Netherlands | 14 Apr 2011
Louis Vuitton claimed an ex-parte court order against the artist Nadia Plesner for infringing its Community design rights in the "Multicolor Canvas" pattern by using the picture of a Louis Vuitton handbag in her "Campaign for Darfur."
Hogan Lovells | Germany | 20 Jan 2011
The Federal Court of Justice decided on the infringement of a Community design for coasters.
Hogan Lovells | China | 15 Oct 2010
The Tianhe District People's Court in Guangzhou held that a work of interior design enjoys the same copyright protection as a work of engineering design and that copyright protection of a two-dimensional design or drawing extends to its three-dimensional use.
Hogan Lovells | Germany | 22 Jul 2010
Counterfeiters are a huge problem for the holders of design or trademark rights.